Love (காமத்துப்பால்) — The Pre-marital love (களவியல்) — Recognition of the Signs (குறிப்பறிதல்)

Kural 1091:
இருநோக்கு இவளுண்கண் உள்ளது ஒருநோக்கு
நோய்நோக்கொன் றந்நோய் மருந்து.
irunhoakku ivaLuNkaN uLLadhu orunhoakku
noainhoakkon Ranhnoai marundhu
English couplet:
A double witchery have glances of her liquid eye;
One glance is glance that brings me pain; the other heals again.
Explanation: There are two looks in the dyed eyes of this (fair one); one causes pain, and the other is the cure thereof.

Kural 1092:
கண்களவு கொள்ளும் சிறுநோக்கம் காமத்தில்
செம்பாகம் அன்று பெரிது.
kaNkaLavu koLLum siRunhoakkam kaamaththil
sempaakam andru peridhu
English couplet:
The furtive glance, that gleams one instant bright,
Is more than half of love's supreme delight.
Explanation: A single stolen glance of her eyes is more than half the pleasure (of sexual embrace).

Kural 1093:
நோக்கினாள் நோக்கி இறைஞ்சினாள் அஃதவள்
யாப்பினுள் அட்டிய நீர்.
noakkinaaL noakki iRainjinaaL aqdhavaL
yaappinuL attiya neer
English couplet:
She looked, and looking drooped her head:
On springing shoot of love 'its water shed! .
Explanation: She has looked (at men) and stooped (her head); and that (sign) waters as it were (the corn of) our love.

Kural 1094:
யான்நோக்கும் காலை நிலன்நோக்கும் நோக்காக்கால்
தான்நோக்கி மெல்ல நகும்.
yaannhoakkum kaalai nilannhoakkum noakkaakkaal
thaannhoakki mella nagum
English couplet:
I look on her: her eyes are on the ground the while:
I look away: she looks on me with timid smile.
Explanation: When I look, she looks down; when I do not, she looks and smiles gently.

Kural 1095:
குறிக்கொண்டு நோக்காமை அல்லால் ஒருகண்
சிறக்கணித்தாள் போல நகும்.
kuRikkoNdu noakkaamai allaal orukaN
siRakkaNiththaal poala nagum
English couplet:
She seemed to see me not; but yet the maid
Her love, by smiling side-long glance, betrayed.
Explanation: She not only avoids a direct look at me, but looks as it were with a half-closed eye and smiles.

Kural 1096:
உறாஅ தவர்போல் சொலினும் செறாஅர்சொல்
ஒல்லை உணரப் படும்.
uRaaa thavarpoal solinum seRaaarsol
ollai uNarap padum
English couplet:
Though with their lips affection they disown,
Yet, when they hate us not, 'tis quickly known.
Explanation: Though they may speak harshly as if they were strangers, the words of the friendly are soon understood.

Kural 1097:
செறாஅச் சிறுசொல்லும் செற்றார்போல் நோக்கும்
உறாஅர்போன்று உற்றார் குறிப்பு.
seRaaach chiRusollum setraarpoal noakkum
uRaaarpoandru utraar kuRippu
English couplet:
The slighting words that anger feign, while eyes their love reveal.
Are signs of those that love, but would their love conceal.
Explanation: Little words that are harsh and looks that are hateful are (but) the expressions of lovers who wish to act like strangers.

Kural 1098:
அசையியற்கு உண்டாண்டோர் ஏஎர்யான் நோக்கப்
பசையினள் பைய நகும்.
asaiyiyaRku uNtaaNtoar Eeryaan noakkap
pasaiyinaL paiya nakum
English couplet:
I gaze, the tender maid relents the while;
And, oh the matchless grace of that soft smile!.
Explanation: When I look, the pitying maid looks in return and smiles gently; and that is a comforting sign for me.

Kural 1099:
ஏதிலார் போலப் பொதுநோக்கு நோக்குதல்
காதலார் கண்ணே உள.
Edhilaar poalap podhunhokku noakkudhal
kaadhalaar kaNNae uLa
English couplet:
The look indifferent, that would its love disguise,
Is only read aright by lovers' eyes.
Explanation: Both the lovers are capable of looking at each other in an ordinary way, as if they were perfect strangers.

Kural 1100:
கண்ணொடு கண்இணை நோக்கொக்கின் வாய்ச்சொற்கள்
என்ன பயனும் இல.
kaNNodu kaN-inai noakkokkin vaaichchoRkaL
enna payanum ila
English couplet:
When eye to answering eye reveals the tale of love,
All words that lips can say must useless prove.
Explanation: The words of the mouths are of no use whatever, when there is perfect agreement between the eyes (of lovers).