Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Post-marital love (கற்பியல்) — Mutual Desire (அவர்வயின்விதும்பல்)

Kural 1261:
வாளற்றுப் புற்கென்ற கண்ணும் அவர்சென்ற
நாளொற்றித் தேய்ந்த விரல்.
vaalatrup purkendra kannum avarsendra
naalotrith thaeyndha viral
English couplet:
By My eyes have lost their brightness, sight is dimmed; my fingers worn,
With nothing on the wall the days since I was left forlorn.
Explanation: My finger has worn away by marking (on the wall) the days he has been absent while my eyes have lost their lustre and begin to fail.

Kural 1262:
இலங்கிழாய் இன்று மறப்பின்என் தோள்மேல்
கலங்கழியும் காரிகை நீத்து.
ilangizhaai indru marappin-en thoalmael
kalangazhiyum kaarikai neeththu
English couplet:
O thou with gleaming jewels decked, could I forget for this one day,
Henceforth these bracelets from my arms will slip, my beauty worn away.
Explanation: O you bright-jewelled maid, if I forget (him) today, my shoulders will lose their beauty even in the other life and make my bracelets loose.

Kural 1263:
உரன்நசைஇ உள்ளம் துணையாகச் சென்றார்
வரல்நசைஇ இன்னும் உளேன்.
Urannasaii Ullam Thunaiyaakach Chendraar
Varalnasaii Innum Ulen
English couplet:
On victory intent, His mind sole company he went;
And I yet life sustain! And long to see his face again!.
Explanation: still live by longing for the arrival of him who has gone out of love for victory and with valour as his guide.

Kural 1264:
கூடிய காமம் பிரிந்தார் வரவுள்ளிக்
கோடுகொ டேறுமென் நெஞ்சு.
kootiya kaamam pirindhaar varavullik
koaduko daerumen nenju
English couplet:
'He comes again, who left my side, and I shall taste love's joy,'-
My heart with rapture swells, when thoughts like these my mind employ.
Explanation: My heart is rid of its sorrow and swells with rapture to think of my absent lover returning with his love.

Kural 1265:
காண்கமன் கொண்கனைக் கண்ணாரக் கண்டபின்
நீங்கும்என் மென்தோள் பசப்பு.
kaankaman konkanaik kannaarak kandapin
neengum-en men-dhoal pasappu
English couplet:
O let me see my spouse again and sate these longing eyes!
That instant from my wasted frame all pallor flies.
Explanation: May I look on my lover till I am satisfied and thereafter will vanish the sallowness of my slender shoulders.

Kural 1266:
வருகமன் கொண்கன் ஒருநாள் பருகுவன்
பைதல்நோய் எல்லாம் கெட.
varukaman kon-kan oru-naal parukuvan
paidhalnhoi ellaam keda
English couplet:
O let my spouse but come again to me one day!
I'll drink that nectar: wasting grief shall flee away.
Explanation: May my husband return some day; and then will I enjoy (him) so as to destroy all this agonizing sorrow.

Kural 1267:
புலப்பேன்கொல் புல்லுவேன் கொல்லோ கலப்பேன்கொல்
கண்அன்ன கேளிர் விரன்.
pulappaen-kol pulluvaen kolloa kalappaenkol
kan-anna kaelir viran
English couplet:
On the return of him who is as dear as my eyes, am I displeased or am I to embrace (him); or am I to do both?.

Explanation: This malady (of lust) is manured by the talk of women and watered by the (harsh) words of my mother.

Kural 1268:
வினைகலந்து வென்றீக வேந்தன் மனைகலந்து
மாலை அயர்கம் விருந்து.
vinaikalandhu vendreeka vaendhan manaikalandhu
maalai ayarkam virundhu
English couplet:
O would my king would fight, o'ercome, devide the spoil;
At home, to-night, the banquet spread should crown the toil.
Explanation: Let the king fight and gain (victories); (but) let me be united to my wife and feast the evening.

Kural 1269:
ஒருநாள் எழுநாள்போல் செல்லும்சேண் சென்றார்
வருநாள்வைத்து ஏங்கு பவர்க்கு.
orunaal ezhunaalpoal sellumsaen sendraar
varunaal-vaiththu aengu pavarkku
English couplet:
One day will seem like seven to those who watch and yearn
For that glad day when wanderers from afar return.
Explanation: To those who suffer waiting for the day of return of their distant lovers one day is as long as seven days.

Kural 1270:
பெறின்என்னாம் பெற்றக்கால் என்னாம் உறினென்னாம்
உள்ளம் உடைந்துக்கக் கால்.
perin-ennaam petrakkaal ennaam urinennaam
ullam udaindhukkak kaal
English couplet:
What's my return, the meeting hour, the wished-for greeting worth,
If she heart-broken lie, with all her life poured forth?.
Explanation: After (my wife) has died of a broken heart, what good will there be if she is to receive me, has received me, or has even embraced me?.