Love poem Kurunthogai # 353

Enjoying waterfall 

If it is happy to play in waterfalls embracing his chest in daytime why do you feel unhappy to sleep hugging your mother in nighttime?

• A waterfall is singing in the high mountain.
• Lovers play with blended eyes.
• Sleep with eyes refusing to shut.
• Night is bright in lighting oil lamp.

Words by        - friend-maid

To whom         - heroine

Context           - hero who enjoys love in day time likes night time to enjoy in clandestine love. Friend maid as he advices her lady, encourages him to marry.   

          

Author of the poem is MuthuKu;tthan of Uraiur village

2nd century B.C.

Refer the original poem in Tamil with annotation

Bat’s wings are like water lily’s leaves’back