Kural - 78

The loveless soul, the very joys of life may know,
When flowers, in barren soil, on sapless trees, shall blow

Explanation
The domestic state of that man whose mind is without love is like the flourishing of a withered tree upon the parched desert.

Tamil Transliteration
Anpakath Thillaa Uyirvaazhkkai Vanpaarkan
Vatral Marandhalirth Thatru.