காமக் கடும்புனல் நீந்திக் கரைகாணேன்
யாமத்தும் யானே உளேன்.
I swim the cruel tide of love, and can no shore descry,In watches of the night, too, 'mid the waters, only I
I have swam across the terrible flood of lust, but have not seen its shore; even at midnight I am alone; still I live