Kural 1321 · இல்லை தவறவர்க்கு ஆயினும் ஊடுதல்
Even if he is free from any fault, sulking has the power to make his grace grow richer in return.
Even if he is free from any fault, sulking has the power to make his grace grow richer in return.
Though the good grace of love may wither a little through the small distress that arises from sulking, it gains in distinction.
Among lovers mingled as water with earth, is there a heaven better than sulking?
Within the sulk, even as I do not let go of the embrace, there arises a force that breaks my heart.
Even for those who are faultless, there is a certain delight in being a little apart from the soft shoulders of the one they love.
Sweeter than the eating is the digesting of what has been eaten; so too in love, the sulk is sweeter than the union.
Those who lose in a sulk are in truth the winners; that victory will surely be seen in the union.
Shall we obtain again, by sulking, that salt, the savour, which arose in the union as her forehead sweated?
Let the lady of shining jewels sulk a little more; as we beg, let the night grow long.
Sulking is a joy to love; and the joy of that sulk lies in being able, after it, to unite and embrace.