Kural 1098 · அசையியற்கு உண்டாண்டோர் ஏஎர்யான் நோக்கப்
This gentle maiden has a unique charm; when I look at her, she, full of affection, smiles softly.
The Eighteen Lesser Texts, including the Thirukkural.
This gentle maiden has a unique charm; when I look at her, she, full of affection, smiles softly.
The look of general glance, as though at a stranger, is found only in the eyes of lovers.
When eye joins eye in one look, the words of the mouth serve no purpose at all.
The delights known through all five senses, seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and touching, are found in the bright-bangled lady alone.
The medicine for a disease is something else; but for the pain this lady of fine ornaments gave, she herself is the medicine.
Can the world of the lotus-eyed Lord be sweeter than sleeping in the tender arms of one's beloved?
Burning when she moves away and cool when she draws near, where did she get such a strange fire?
The arms of the lady with flower-garlanded tresses seem, at each moment of desire, to be just the very thing desired.
Since life sprouts anew with each touch, the arms of this innocent young woman must have been made of nectar.
The embrace of this lovely woman is as sweet as eating, in one's own home, the food one has shared with others.