Tirukkural Chapter 109 - Couplets 1,2,3

(From Chapter 109 to 133 Poet Tiruvalluvar deals with love and family life) திருக்குறள் -TIRUKKURAL அதிகாரம் 109 - தகையணங்குறுத்தல். CHAPTER 109 - LOVER'S PANG *** 109/01. அணங்குகொல்? ஆய்மயில் கொல்லோ? கனங்குழை மாதர்கொல்? மாலும்என் நெஞ்சு. 109/01. Annangukol? Aaimayil kollo? Kanangkuzhai Madharkol? Maumen nenju. 109/01. My mind is puzzled! Is she an Angel! Is she a deer, the best among animals! Is she a girl because she is wearing heavy earrings! *** Charusheela: This chapter is from "Kamathupaal, " That shows how in the ancient Tamil periods How young man and young girl became Partners in life. Malika: A young man says, "Yes, she is A beautiful girl, She is looking at me, Oh, that look pierces me! " This is how love starts From the males sides Looking at beautiful girls, With due response from girls. A young man not in love affair, Anytime in his life before, Just saw a girl coming back With her beautiful look. *** 109/02. நோக்கினாள் நோக்கெதிர் நோக்குதல் தாக்கணங்கு தானைக்கொண் டன்னது உடைத்து. 109/02. Nokkinaall nokkedhir nokkudhal thaakkannangu Thanaikkonn dannadhu udaiththu. 109/02. "She saw me after I saw her! . Her beauty enchanted me! Her beauty is like an attacking weapon! " *** Charusheela: This is the starting point for him To fall in love with that girl. Malika: He says, "When I looked at her, She also looked at me! Her look is sharp, Like a long spear! " "I fell for her beauty! That spear like beauty It is now attacking me! I feel its prick in me! " A young boy so feels, And in words he says, About the girl he sees, Just when she comes. *** 109/03. பண்டறியேன் கூற்றென் பதனை; இனியறிந்தேன் பெண்டகையால் பேரமர்க் கட்டு. 109/03. Pandariaen kootrren pathanai; iniyarrindhen Pendagaiyaal peramark kattu. 109/03. "I have not heard about Lord Yama. Now I understand. Those are the big eyes troubling me and beautifying that girl." (Lord Yama = Lord of Death) *** Charusheela: Her sharp beautiful look is troubling him, He says it again. Mallika: He says, "Lord Yama, pulls lives With his long rope; Like that she pulls my life With her sharp look." "Those two sharp eyes Are beautifying that girl; Her sharp look gives me pain, And I feel my life, out it goes." This way his love starts With that girl and he describes Her spear like two eyes, And her enchanting face. ***