Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Pre-marital love (களவியல்) — The Abandonment of Reserve (நாணுத்துறவுரைத்தல்)

Kural 1131:
காமம் உழந்து வருந்தினார்க்கு ஏமம்
மடலல்லது இல்லை வலி.
kaamam uzhandhu varundhinaarkku Emam
matalalladhu illai vali
English couplet:
To those who 've proved love's joy, and now afflicted mourn,
Except the helpful 'horse of palm', no other strength remains.
Explanation: To those who after enjoyment of sexual pleasure suffer (for want of more), there is no help so efficient as the palmyra horse.

Kural 1132:
நோனா உடம்பும் உயிரும் மடலேறும்
நாணினை நீக்கி நிறுத்து.
noanaa udampum uyirum madaleRum
naaNinai neekki niRuththu
English couplet:
My body and my soul, that can no more endure,
Will lay reserve aside, and mount the 'horse of palm'.
Explanation: Having got rid of shame, the suffering body and soul save themselves on the palmyra horse.

Kural 1133:
நாணொடு நல்லாண்மை பண்டுடையேன் இன்றுடையேன்
காமுற்றார் ஏறும் மடல்.
Naanotu Nallaanmai Pantutaiyen Indrutaiyen
Kaamutraar Erum Matal
English couplet:
I once retained reserve and seemly manliness;
To-day I nought possess but lovers' 'horse of palm'.
Explanation: Modesty and manliness were once my own; now, my own is the palmyra horse that is ridden by the lustful.

Kural 1134:
காமக் கடும்புனல் உய்க்கும் நாணொடு
நல்லாண்மை என்னும் புணை.
kaamak kadumpunal uykkum naaNodu
nallaaNmai ennum puNai
English couplet:
Love's rushing tide will sweep away the raft
Of seemly manliness and shame combined.
Explanation: The raft of modesty and manliness, is, alas, carried-off by the strong current of lust.

Kural 1135:
தொடலைக் குறுந்தொடி தந்தாள் மடலொடு
மாலை உழக்கும் துயர்.
thodalaik kuRundhoti thandhaaL matalodu
maalai uzhakkum thuyar
English couplet:
The maid that slender armlets wears, like flowers entwined,
Has brought me 'horse of palm,' and pangs of eventide!.
Explanation: She with the small garland-like bracelets has given me the palmyra horse and the sorrow that is endured at night.

Kural 1136:
மடலூர்தல் யாமத்தும் உள்ளுவேன் மன்ற
படல்ஒல்லா பேதைக்கென் கண்.
madaloordhal yaamaththum uLLuvaen mandra
padal-ollaa paedhaikken kaN
English couplet:
Of climbing 'horse of palm' in midnight hour, I think;
My eyes know no repose for that same simple maid.
Explanation: Mine eyes will not close in sleep on your mistress's account; even at midnight will I think of mounting the palmyra horse.

Kural 1137:
கடலன்ன காமம் உழந்தும் மடலேறாப்
பெண்ணின் பெருந்தக்க தில்.
kadalanna kaamam uzhandhum madalaeRaap
peNNin perundhakka thil
English couplet:
There's nought of greater worth than woman's long-enduring soul,
Who, vexed by love like ocean waves, climbs not the 'horse of palm'.
Explanation: There is nothing so noble as the womanly nature that would not ride the palmyra horse, though plunged a sea of lust.

Kural 1138:
நிறையரியர் மன்அளியர் என்னாது காமம்
மறையிறந்து மன்று படும்.
niRaiyariyar man-aLiyar ennaadhu kaamam
maRaiyiRandhu mandru padum
English couplet:
In virtue hard to move, yet very tender, too, are we;
Love deems not so, would rend the veil, and court publicity!.
Explanation: Even the Lust (of women) transgresses its secrecy and appears in public, forgetting that they are too chaste and liberal (to be overcome by it).

Kural 1139:
அறிகிலார் எல்லாரும் என்றேஎன் காமம்
மறுகின் மறுகும் மருண்டு.
aRikilaar ellaarum endrae-en kaamam
maRukin maRukum marundu
English couplet:
'There's no one knows my heart,' so says my love,
And thus, in public ways, perturbed will rove.
Explanation: My lust, feeling that it is not known by all, reels confused in the streets (of this town).

Kural 1140:
யாம்கண்ணின் காண நகுப அறிவில்லார்
யாம்பட்ட தாம்படா ஆறு.
yaamkaNNin kaaNa nakupa aRivillaar
yaampatta thaampadaa aaRu
English couplet:
Before my eyes the foolish make a mock of me,
Because they ne'er endured the pangs I now must drie.
Explanation: Even strangers laugh (at us) so as to be seen by us, for they have not suffered.