Kural - 1252

What men call love is the one thing of merciless power;
It gives my soul no rest, e'en in the midnight hour

Explanation
Even at midnight is my mind worried by lust, and this one thing, alas! is without mercy.

Tamil Transliteration
Kaamam Enavondro Kannindren Nenjaththai
Yaamaththum Aalum Thozhil.