வாழ்தல் உயிர்க்கன்னள் ஆயிழை சாதல்
அதற்கன்னள் நீங்கும் இடத்து.
Life is she to my very soul when she draws nigh;Dissevered from the maid with jewels rare, I die
My fair-jewelled one resembles the living soul (when she is in union with me), the dying soul when she leaves me