AN 20 Ulōccaṉār (G1+2: Poruntil Iḷaṅkīraṉār): the friend

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{{colophon}}: pakaṟkuṟi vanta talaimakaṉ ciṟaippuṟamākat tōḻi talaimakaṭku colluvāḷāyt talaimakaṉ kēṭpac colliyatu (G1+2: ciṟaippuṟattāṉākat talaimakaṉ kēṭpat tōḻiyiṟ ceṟivuraittatu).{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. perunī raḻuvat tentai tanta
2. koḻumī ṉuṇaṅkaṟ paṭupuḷ ḷōppi
3. yekkarp puṉṉai yiṉṉiḻa lacaiic
4. cekkar ñeṇṭiṉ kuṇṭaḷai keṇṭi
5. ñāḻa lōṅkuciṉait toṭutta koṭuṅkaḻit 5
6. tāḻai vīḻkayiṟ ṟūca ṟūṅkik
7. koṇṭa liṭumaṇaṟ kuravai muṉaiyiṉ
8. veṇṭalaip puṇari yāyamō ṭāṭi
9. maṇippūm paintaḻai taii yaṇitakap
10. palpūṅ kāṉa lalkiṉam varutaṟ 10
11. kavvai nallaṇaṅ kuṟṟa vivvūrk
12. koṭitaṟi peṇṭirc coṟkoṇ ṭaṉṉai
13. kaṭikoṇ ṭaṉaḷē tōḻi peruntuṟai
14. yellaiyu miravu meṉṉātu kalleṉa
15. valava ṉāynta vaṇpari 15
16. nilavumaṇaṟ koṭkumōr tēruṇ ṭeṉavē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 4 ñeṇṭiṉ G1, RK; ñoṇṭiṉ G2
{LOZ} 5 lōṅkuciṉai RK; loṭuṅkuciṉai RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 6 vīḻkayiṟ ṟūca ṟūṅkik G1, RK; vīḻkayiṟ ṟūṅkik G2
{LOZ} 8 yāyamō corr.; yāyamo RK
{LOZ} 9 yaṇitakap RK; yaṇittakaip G1+2, RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 10 varutaṟ G1+2; varutal RK
{LOZ} 11 kuṟṟa G2, RK; kuṉṟa G1
{LOZ} 12 kaṭikoṇṭa ṉaḷē RK; kaṭikoṇṭa ṉaṉe G1+G2v; kaṭikoṇṭa ṉaṉai G2
{LOZ} 12 peruntuṟai G1, TK; poruntuṟai G2
{LOZ} 15 valava G1, RK; vallava G2
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. big water depth- my-father given-
2. rich fish drying happen- bird chased-away
3. dune Puṉṉai-tree pleasant shade rested
4. redness crab{X}iṉ{/X} depth hole dug
5. Ñāḻal-tree become-high- branch linked- bent backwaters 5
6. Tāḻai-tree descend- rope- swing hung
7. east-wind(?) place- sand Kuravai-dance front{X}iṉ{/X}/hate-if
8. white head flood/wave attendant-with played
9. sapphire flower fresh foliage knitted adorn- be-fit(inf.)
10. many flower seashore-grove we-abided coming 10
11. scandal good plague had- this- village
12. cruel-it know- women word taken mother
13. protection she-took{X}ē{/X} friend big ghat
14. night{X}um{/X} day{X}um{/X} say-not 'kal' say
15. charioteer selected- sharp(?) motion 15
16. moonlight sand revolving- one chariot it-is say(inf.){X}ē{/X}{MYST1}

{{Readable Translation}}

• Taking in the words of the cruelly knowing[FNote_4] women
• of this village that had the good[FNote_5] plague of gossip
• about [his] coming to us who abided[FNote_6] in the seashore grove with many flowers
• fit for decoration, knitting together sapphire flowers [and] fresh foliage,
• playing with [our] companions in the white-headed waves
• when having enough of the Kuravai dance in the sand brought by the east wind,
• hanging in the swing on ropes descending from the Tāḻai tree
• by the curved backwaters that are linked with the high branches of the Ñāḻal tree,
• digging the deep holes of the red crabs,
• resting in the pleasing shade of the Puṉṉai tree in the dunes,
• chasing away the birds coming to the drying [spread] of rich fish
• given by father from the depth of the great water,
• mother has brought about(?) protection, friend,
• saying "there is one chariot, revolving through the moonlit sand
• in sharp motion chosen by the charioteer,
• noisily, without telling day from night, at the big ghat."