ãóªóæÐ æó¨êÐêÙëª æèú ëæ¨ÈªêÙ몠 1281
æóªÓæÐƬùª æèëêÐê¨÷ªÆ ãúªÌ

ãóªóæР æó¨êÐêÙëª

delight at the thought

æèú ëæ¨ÈªêÙëª

rapture at the sight

æóªÓæÐÆ

to wine

¬ùª

not

æèëêÐê¨÷ªÆ

to love

ãúªÌ	are the attributes (present)

Delight at the thought and rapture at the sight are
the attributes of love, not wine (1281).

ê¨éäêÐÊéú±ëª  Ãìèéë îôúªÌëª çéäêÐÊéú±ëª 
æèëëª å¨é÷á ôõ¨äª                        1282

 

ê¨éäêÐÊéú±ëª

as minute as the `Thinai'(a seed of the

Ãìèéë

not quarrelling with the lover

îôúªÌëª

should be ensured

çéäêÐÊéú±ëª

of the magnitude of a palmyra tree

æèëëª

love

å¨é÷á  ôõ¨äª

even if it is full

 

Where there is love as large as a palmyra tree, there is no place for seed-sized sulking (1282).

 
îçúèÊ âçìªçîô âòáªá¨Äëª âæèúªæéäæР  1283
æèúèÊ íéëáù æúª

îçúèÊ

being indifferent

âçìªçîô

only what he desires

âòáªá¨Äëª

even if he does

âæèúªæéä

husband

æèúèÊ

without seeing

íéëáù

cannot rest

æúª

(my) eyes

 
Even if my beloved is indifferent and does what he wants, my eyes cannot rest until they see him (1283).

 
Ãì÷ªæúª âòäªî÷äªëäª îêèȨ íÊë÷åÐÊ   1284
Ôì÷ªæúª âòäª÷Êöäª â墪à

Ãì÷ªæúª

intent on a quarrel

âòäªî÷äª

I went

ëäª	what a wonder!

îêèȨ

my friend!

íÊë÷åÐÊ

forgetting that

Ôì÷ªæúª

intent only on union

âòäª÷Ê

went

öäª â墪à

my mind

I went to him intent on a quarrel, but my mind
became intent only on union (1284).

 
öÇʧªæèùª îæèùªæèúèæÐ æúªîúîçèùª âæèúªæ䪠 1285
çȨæèîúäª æúªì ¬ìêÐÊ

öÇÊëªæèùª

when I apply collyrium

îæèùªæèúè

(as I am) not seeing the pencil for applying it

æúªîúîçèùª

like the eyes

âæèúªæäª

husband

çȨæèîúäª

do not see any fault

æúªì ¬ìêÐÊ

when I see him

I do not see the colour of the pencil which I use
to paint my eyelashes; so do I see no blemish in
my beloved when he is near (1285).

æèѧªæèùª æèîúäª êô÷èá; æèúèæÐæèùª  1286
æèîúäª êô÷ùª ùéô

æèÑëªæèùª

when I see him

æèîúäª

I do not see

êô× Íá

analysis of his faults

æèúèæÐæèùª

when he is away

æèîúäª

do not see

êô× íùªùéô

(anything) other than his faults

When he is near, I do not see his faults; but
when he is away, I see nothing else (1286).

ãáªêÐêùª í÷¨åÐÊ µäùªçè᪠çôîõîçèùª  1287
âçèáªêÐêùª í÷¨åÐâêäª µùåÐÊ

ãáªêÐêùª

the (strong currents) will wash away

í÷¨åÐÊ

knowing that

µäùª

floods

çèáªçôîõ

plunge(s) into it

îçèùª

like one who

âçèáªêÐêùª

it will end in failure

í÷¨åÐÊ

knowing that

öäª µùåÐÊ

of what use is (sulking)

One plunges into a stream with strong currents,
fully aware that he will be washed away. Likewise knowing that sulking will end in failure, of what
use is it ? (1287)

 
¬ó¨êÐêæÐæ ¬äªäè âòá¨Äëª æó¨êÐêèõÐæÐÆæР  1288
æóªó÷ªî÷ æóªôå¨äª ëèõе

¬ó¨êÐêæÐæ

what is unwelcome

¬äªäè

suffering

âòá¨Äëª

even if it causes

æó¨êÐêèõÐæÐÆ

those who delight in consuming wine

æóª	more the need of wine

í÷ªî÷

is like

æóªô	O! Deceitful one!

å¨äª ëèõе

your chest (mind)

Despite the harm, one yields to the temptation, to drink more and more wine; so too, despite his unreliability,my heart seeks him out (1288).

ëùõ¨Äëª âëùªù¨Ê æèëëª ò¨ùõÐ íê䪠  1289
âòôªô¨ êéùçªçÌ ôèõÐ

ëùõ¨Äëª

much more than than a flower

âëùªù¨Ê

soft

æèëëª

is love

ò¨ùõÐ

(yet) only a few

íêäª	its (love)

âòôªô¨

delicate nature

êéùçªçÌ  ôèõÐ

enjoy

The joy of love is softer than the soft flower,
yet few enjoy its delicate nature (1289).

æúªú¨ùª Êä¨êÐîê æù§ªæ¨äèóª µùªÙêùª   1290
öäªä¨Äëª êèäªô¨Ê窵 ã÷ª×

æúªú¨ùª

in her eyes (only)

Êä¨êÐîê

betrayed hesitation

æù§ªæ¨äèóª

forgot her quarrel

µùªÙêùª

to embrace

öäªä¨Äëª

even more than me

êèäª

she

ô¨Ê窵  ã÷ª×

rushed into my arms

 
Though her eyes betrayed hesitation, yet when I came near, she rushed into my arms (1290).