Her presence seared me like a flame... but what did I care what kind of fire this was in which I burned and melted, when it was bliss to burn and melt?

Woe to the heart that has not loved in youth!

ஓ, காதல் கொண்ட பெண்ணின் பார்வையே, உன்னை யாரால்தான் வருணிக்க முடியும்?

I want everything or nothing. A life for a life, taking one and giving up another without hesitation and beyond recall. Or else better have nothing!

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.