Sulking
காதலின் சுவையை அதிகரிக்க தலைவனுடன் செய்யும் செல்லமான ஊடல் (புலவி). — Playfully turning away to heighten the pleasure of his pleading and reconciliation.
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tuṉiyum pulaviyu millāyiṟ kāmaṅ / kaṉiyuṅ karukkāyu maṟṟu.
“Love without hatred is ripened fruit; / Without some lesser strife, fruit immature.”
“If there were no frowns or pets on the part of the beloved, love would miss its fruits and its half-growns.”
If neither the grown quarrel nor the young one is there, love is like fruit whose moment has gone past, and like the raw green fruit that has not yet come to it.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
முதிர்ந்த கலாம் ஆகிய துனியும், இளைய கலாம் ஆகிய புலவியும் இல்லையாயின்; காமம் கனியும் கருக்காயும் அற்று= காமம் செவ்விமுதிர்ந்த பழமும் இளங்காயும் பொலும் எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Devoid of both prolonged estrangement and tender feigned anger, love becomes as joyless as overripe fruit past its prime or bitter, unripe fruit unready to taste.