Muddied water sweeter than honey

I've introduced the anthologies of sangam poems in the previous post. Ainkurunooru is one of the anthologies and am glad to share a lovely romantic poem from that. This might be another way of saying 'Love is blind', well, love is not only blind, it overrides any taste. True love surpasses all material things. Nothing stands before love, from time immemorial. Lets go to the poem to enjoy the lovely message.

Ainkurunooru 203 Sung by Kapilar, in kurinji thinai 
The heroine's word to her friend, when the foster mother too listens
 
 "அன்னாய் வாழி வேண்டு அன்னை நம் படப்பை
தேன் மயங்கு பாலினும் இனிய அவர் நாட்டு
உவலை கூவல் கீழ
மான் உண்டு எஞ்சிய கலிழி நீரே"

"annaai vaazhi vendu annai nam padappai
thaen mayangu palinum iniya avar naattu
uvalai kooval keezha
maan undu enjiya kalizhi neere"

Word meanings: annaai - mother, vaazhi - long live, vendu annai - listen mother, nam - our, padappai - garden, thaen - honey, mayangu - kalandha, paalinum - than milk, iniya - sweet, avar naattu - his country, uvalai - dried leaves, kooval - pit, keezha - beneath, maan - deer, undu - drunk, enjiya - remaining, kalizhi - muddied, neere - water

Poem meaning: Long live mother! Please listen mother, the muddied water beneath the dried leaves in a pit, that is leftover after the deer drank from it, is more sweeter than the milk mixed with honey from our garden.

Description: The heroine gets married to her lover, the hero. Incidentally the heroine is from a rich family where she used to have delicious food. But now she is living with her husband who is poor, at least less than the heroine's maternal home. Well, in this situation the foster mother of the heroine visits her. The heroine tells her friend about her mind, so that the foster mother would also hear her words. The heroine says that even the muddied water in a pit which is leftover after the deer drank from it, is sweeter than the milk mixed with honey from her garden. She implies that she is happy with whatever is available in her marital home. Wealth doesn't matter to the heroine, its love that matters. Hearing that the foster mother would also be happy. What a lovely poem! How much she loves the hero! Its also a custom to address friend as 'mother', in closeness. And mostly the foster mother's daughter would be the heroine's friend.

My English version:
"Long live mother! Kindly listen
Muddied pit water leftover by the deer
In his country, is sweeter than the milk
Mixed with honey from our garden"