Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Pre-marital love (களவியல்) — The Pre-marital love (தகையணங்குறுத்தல்)

Kural 1081:
அணங்குகொல் ஆய்மயில் கொல்லோ கனங்குழை
மாதர்கொல் மாலும்என் நெஞ்சு.
aNangukol aaimayil kolloa kananguzhai
maadharkol maalum-en nenju
English couplet:
Goddess? or peafowl rare? She whose ears rich jewels wear,
Is she a maid of human kind? All wildered is my mind!.
Explanation: Is this jewelled female a celestial, a choice peahen, or a human being ? My mind is perplexed

Kural 1082:
நோக்கினாள் நோக்கெதிர் நோக்குதல் தாக்கணங்கு
தானைக்கொண் டன்ன துடைத்து.
noakkinaaL noakkedhir noakkudhal thaakkaNangu
thaanaikkoN tanna thudaiththu
English couplet:
She of the beaming eyes, To my rash look her glance replies,
As if the matchless goddess' hand Led forth an armed band.
Explanation: This female beauty returning my looks is like a celestial maiden coming with an army to contend against me.

Kural 1083:
பண்டறியேன் கூற்றென் பதனை இனியறிந்தேன்
பெண்டகையால் பேரமர்க் கட்டு.
paNdaRiyaen kootren padhanai iniyaRindhaen
peNtakaiyaal paeramark kattu
English couplet:
Death's form I formerly Knew not; but now 'tis plain to me;
He comes in lovely maiden's guise, With soul-subduing eyes.
Explanation: I never knew before what is called Yama; I see it now; it is the eyes that carry on a great fight with (the help of) female qualities.

Kural 1084:
கண்டார் உயிருண்ணும் தோற்றத்தால் பெண்டகைப்
பேதைக்கு அமர்த்தன கண்.
kaNdaar uyiruNNum thoatraththaal peNtakaip
paedhaikku amarththana kaN
English couplet:
In sweet simplicity, A woman's gracious form hath she;
But yet those eyes, that drink my life, Are with the form at strife!.
Explanation: These eyes that seem to kill those who look at them are as it were in hostilities with this feminine simplicity.

Kural 1085:
கூற்றமோ கண்ணோ பிணையோ மடவரல்
நோக்கமிம் மூன்றும் உடைத்து.
kootramoa kaNNoa piNaiyoa madavaral
noakkamim moondrum udaiththu
English couplet:
The light that on me gleams, Is it death's dart? or eye's bright beams?
Or fawn's shy glance? All three appear In form of maiden here.
Explanation: Is it Yama, (a pair of) eyes or a hind ?- Are not all these three in the looks of this maid ?.

Kural 1086:
கொடும்புருவம் கோடா மறைப்பின் நடுங்கஞர்
செய்யல மன்இவள் கண்.
kodumpuruvam koadaa maRaippin nadungaGnar
seyyala man-ivaL kaN
English couplet:
If cruel eye-brow's bow, Unbent, would veil those glances now;
The shafts that wound this trembling heart Her eyes no more would dart.
Explanation: Her eyes will cause (me) no trembling sorrow, if they are properly hidden by her cruel arched eye-brows.

Kural 1087:
கடாஅக் களிற்றின்மேற் கட்படாம் மாதர்
படாஅ முலைமேல் துகில்.
kataaak kaLitrinmaeR katpadaam maadhar
pataaa mulaimael thukil
English couplet:
As veil o'er angry eyes Of raging elephant that lies,
The silken cincture's folds invest This maiden's panting breast.
Explanation: The cloth that covers the firm bosom of this maiden is (like) that which covers the eyes of a rutting elephant.

Kural 1088:
ஒண்ணுதற் கோஒ உடைந்ததே ஞாட்பினுள்
நண்ணாரும் உட்குமென் பீடு.
oNNudhaR koao udaindhadhae GnaatpinuL
naNNaarum utkumen peetu
English couplet:
Ah! woe is me! my might, That awed my foemen in the fight,
By lustre of that beaming brow Borne down, lies broken now!.
Explanation: On her bright brow alone is destroyed even that power of mine that used to terrify the most fearless foes in the battlefield.

Kural 1089:
பிணையேர் மடநோக்கும் நாணும் உடையாட்கு
அணியெவனோ ஏதில தந்து.
piNaiyaer matanhoakkum naaNum udaiyaatku
aNiyevanoa Edhila thandhu
English couplet:
Like tender fawn's her eye; Clothed on is she with modesty;
What added beauty can be lent; By alien ornament?.
Explanation: Of what use are other jewels to her who is adorned with modesty, and the meek looks of a hind ?.

Kural 1090:
உண்டார்கண் அல்லது அடுநறாக் காமம்போல்
கண்டார் மகிழ்செய்தல் இன்று.
undaarkaN alladhu adunhaRaak kaamampoal
kandaar makizhseydhal indru
English couplet:
The palm-tree's fragrant wine, To those who taste yields joys divine;
But love hath rare felicity For those that only see!.
Explanation: Unlike boiled honey which yields delight only when it is drunk, love gives pleasure even when looked at.