89. The marks anger leaves

கொதித்ததை மண்கலமும் கூறாது கூறும்கொதிப்பின் வடுப்பட்ட கோடு

kodhithadhai mankalamum kooraadhu koorumkodhippin vaduppatta kodu

Even a clay pot that never speaks of its boiling tells of it, in the line the boiling scarred.

Fierce boiling leaves a scorched line or a crack on a clay pot, and it stays there long after the fire is out.

90. Anger gives itself away

கட்டிய சாம்பல் கனலில்லை யென்பார்தம்விட்டதொரு மூச்சில் விளக்கு

kattiya saambal kanalillai yenpaarthamvittadhoru mooschil vilakku

They say there is no ember in the banked ash; one breath of theirs makes a lamp of it.

Banked ash is packed down over a fire; an ember can live on beneath it, and a single breath makes it glow again.