Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Post-marital love (கற்பியல்) — Eyes consumed with Grief (கண்விதுப்பழிதல்)

Kural 1171:
கண்தாம் கலுழ்வ தெவன்கொலோ தண்டாநோய்
தாம்காட்ட யாம்கண் டது.
kaNdhaam kaluzhva thevan-koloa thandaanhoi
thaamkaatta yaamkan dadhu
English couplet:
They showed me him, and then my endless pain
I saw: why then should weeping eyes complain?.
Explanation: As this incurable malady has been caused by my eyes which showed (him) to me, why should they now weep for (him).

Kural 1172:
தெரிந்துணரா நோக்கிய உண்கண் பரிந்துணராப்
பைதல் உழப்பது எவன்.
therindhunaraa noakkiya un-kan parindhunaraap
paidhal uzhappadhu evan
English couplet:
How glancing eyes, that rash unweeting looked that day,
With sorrow measureless are wasting now away!.
Explanation: The dyed eyes that (then) looked without foresight, why should they now endure sorrow, without feeling sharply (their own fault).

Kural 1173:
கதுமெனத் தாநோக்கித் தாமே கலுழும்
இதுநகத் தக்க துடைத்து.
kadhumenath thaanoakkith thaamae kaluzhum
ithunakath thakka thudaiththu
English couplet:
The eyes that threw such eager glances round erewhile
Are weeping now. Such folly surely claims a smile!.
Explanation: They themselves looked eagerly (on him) and now they weep. Is not this to be laughed at ?.

Kural 1174:
பெயலாற்றா நீருலந்த உண்கண் உயலாற்றா
உய்வில்நோய் என்கண் நிறுத்து.
peyalaatraa neerulandha un-kan uyalaatraa
uyvilnhoi en-kan niruththu
English couplet:
Those eyes have wept till all the fount of tears is dry,
That brought upon me pain that knows no remedy.
Explanation: These painted eyes have caused me a lasting mortal disease; and now they can weep no more, the tears having dried up.

Kural 1175:
படலாற்றா பைதல் உழக்கும் கடலாற்றாக்
காமநோய் செய்தஎன் கண்.
patalaatraa paidhal uzhakkum katalaatraak
kaamanoi seydha-en kan
English couplet:
The eye that wrought me more than sea could hold of woes,
Is suffering pangs that banish all repose.
Explanation: Mine eyes have caused me a lust that is greater than the sea and (they themselves) endure the torture of sleeplessness.

Kural 1176:
ஓஒ இனிதே எமக்கிந்நோய் செய்தகண்
தாஅம் இதற்பட் டது.
ohoh inidhae emakkinnoi seydhakan
thaa-am itharpat tadhu
English couplet:
Oho! how sweet a thing to see! the eye
That wrought this pain, in the same gulf doth lie.
Explanation: The eyes that have given me this disease have themselves been seized with this (suffering). Oh! I am much delighted.

Kural 1177:
உழந்துழந் துள்நீர் அறுக விழைந்திழைந்து
வேண்டி அவர்க்கண்ட கண்.
uzhandhuzhan thulneer aruka vizhaindhizhaindhu
vaenti avarkkanda kan
English couplet:
Aching, aching, let those exhaust their stream,
That melting, melting, that day gazed on him.
Explanation: The eyes that became tender and gazed intently on him, may they suffer so much as to dry up the fountain of their tears.

Kural 1178:
பேணாது பெட்டார் உளர்மன்னோ மற்றவர்க்
காணாது அமைவில கண்.
paenaadhu pettaar ularmanno matravark
kaanaadhu amaivila kan
English couplet:
Who loved me once, onloving now doth here remain;
Not seeing him, my eye no rest can gain.
Explanation: He is indeed here who loved me with his lips but not with his heart but mine eyes suffer from not seeing him.

Kural 1179:
வாராக்கால் துஞ்சா வரின்துஞ்சா ஆயிடை
ஆரஞர் உற்றன கண்.
vaaraakkaal thunjaa varindhunjaa aayidai
aaragnar utrana kan
English couplet:
When he comes not, all slumber flies; no sleep when he is there;
Thus every way my eyes have troubles hard to bear.
Explanation: When he is away they do not sleep; when he is present they do not sleep; in either case, mine eyes endure unbearable agony.

Kural 1180:
மறைபெறல் ஊரார்க்கு அரிதன்றால் எம்போல்
அறைபறை கண்ணார் அகத்து.
maraiperal ooraarkku aridhandraal empoal
araiparai kannaar agaththu
English couplet:
It is not hard for all the town the knowledge to obtain,
When eyes, as mine, like beaten tambours, make the mystery plain.
Explanation: It is not difficult for the people of this place to understand the secret of those whose eyes, like mine, are as it were beaten drums.