Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Post-marital love (கற்பியல்) — Wasting Away (உறுப்புநலனழிதல்)

Kural 1231:
சிறுமை நமக்கொழியச் சேட்சென்றார் உள்ளி
நறுமலர் நாணின கண்.
sirumai namakkozhiyach chaetchendraar ulli
narumalar naanina kan
English couplet:
Thine eyes grown dim are now ashamed the fragrant flow'rs to see,
Thinking on him, who wand'ring far, leaves us in misery.
Explanation: While we endure the unbearable sorrow, your eyes weep for him who is gone afar, and shun (the sight of) fragrant flowers.

Kural 1232:
நயந்தவர் நல்காமை சொல்லுவ போலும்
பசந்து பனிவாரும் கண்.
nayandhavar nalkaamai solluva poalum
pasandhu panivaarum kan
English couplet:
The eye, with sorrow wan, all wet with dew of tears,
As witness of the lover's lack of love appears.
Explanation: The discoloured eyes that shed tears profusely seem to betray the unkindness of our beloved.

Kural 1233:
தணந்தமை சால அறிவிப்ப போலும்
மணந்தநாள் வீங்கிய தோள்.
thanandhamai saala arivippa poalum
manandha-naal veengiya thoal
English couplet:
These withered arms, desertion's pangs abundantly display,
That swelled with joy on that glad nuptial day.
Explanation: The shoulders that swelled on the day of our union (now) seem to announce our separation clearly (to the public).

Kural 1234:
பணைநீங்கிப் பைந்தொடி சோரும் துணைநீங்கித்
தொல்கவின் வாடிய தோள்.
panai-neengip paindhoti soarum thunaineengith
tholkavin vaadiya thoal
English couplet:
When lover went, then faded all their wonted charms,
And armlets' golden round slips off from these poor wasted arms.
Explanation: In the absence of your consort, your shoulders having lost their former beauty and fulness, your bracelets of pure gold have become loose.

Kural 1235:
கொடியார் கொடுமை உரைக்கும் தொடியொடு
தொல்கவின் வாடிய தோள்.
kotiyaar kodumai uraikkum thotiyodu
tholkavin vaadiya thoal
English couplet:
These wasted arms, the bracelet with their wonted beauty gone,
The cruelty declare of that most cruel one.
Explanation: The (loosened) bracelets, and the shoulders from which the old beauty has faded, relate the cruelty of the pitiless one.

Kural 1236:
தொடியொடு தோள்நெகிழ நோவல் அவரைக்
கொடியர் எனக்கூறல் நொந்து.
thotiyodu thoalnekizha noval avaraik
kotiyar enakkooral nondhu
English couplet:
grieve, 'tis pain to me to hear him cruel chid,
Because the armlet from my wasted arm has slid.
Explanation: I am greatly pained to hear you call him a cruel man, just because your shoulders are reduced and your bracelets loosened.

Kural 1237:
பாடு பெறுதியோ நெஞ்சே கொடியார்க்கென்
வாடுதோட் பூசல் உரைத்து.
paadu perudhiyo nenje kotiyaarkken
vaatudhot poosal uraiththu
English couplet:
My heart! say ought of glory wilt thou gain,
If to that cruel one thou of thy wasted arms complain?.
Explanation: Can you O my soul! gain glory by relating to the (so-called) cruel one the clamour of my fading shoulders?.

Kural 1238:
முயங்கிய கைகளை ஊக்கப் பசந்தது
பைந்தொடிப் பேதை நுதல்.
muyangiya kaikalai ookkap pasandhadhu
paindhotip paedhai nudhal
English couplet:
One day the fervent pressure of embracing arms I checked,
Grew wan the forehead of the maid with golden armlet decked.
Explanation: When I once loosened the arms that were in embrace, the forehead of the gold-braceleted women turned sallow.

Kural 1239:
முயக்கிடைத் தண்வளி போழப் பசப்புற்ற
பேதை பெருமழைக் கண்.
muyakkidaith thanvali poazhap pasapputra
paedhai perumazhaik kan
English couplet:
As we embraced a breath of wind found entrance there;
The maid's large liquid eyes were dimmed with care.
Explanation: When but a breath of breeze penetrated our embrace, her large cool eyes became sallow.

Kural 1240:
கண்ணின் பசப்போ பருவரல் எய்தின்றே
ஒண்ணுதல் செய்தது கண்டு.
kannin pasappoa paruvaral eydhindrae
onnudhal seydhadhu kandu
English couplet:
The dimness of her eye felt sorrow now,
Beholding what was done by that bright brow.
Explanation: Was it at the sight of what the bright forehead had done that the sallowness of her eyes became sad?.