AN 30 Muṭaṅkik Kiṭanta Neṭuñceralātaṉ: the friend

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{{colophon}}: pakaṟkuṟi vanta talaimakaṟkut (G2: talaimakaṭkut) tōḻi colliyatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. neṭuṅkayiṟu valanta kuṟuṅka ṇavvalaik
2. kaṭalpā ṭaḻiya viṉamīṉ mukantu
3. tuṇaipuṇa ruvakaiyar parata mākka
4. ḷiḷaiyaru mutiyaruṅ kiḷaiyuṭaṟ ṟuvaṉṟi
5. yuppo yumaṇa raruntuṟai pōkku 5
6. moḻukai nōṉpaka ṭoppak kuḻīi
7. yayirtiṇi yaṭaikarai yolippa vāṅkip
8. peruṅkaḷan tokutta vuḻavar pōla
9. virantōr vaṟuṅkala malka vīcip
10. pāṭupala vamaittuk koḷḷai cāṟṟik 10
11. kōṭuyar tiṇimaṇaṟ ṟuñcun tuṟaiva
12. perumai yeṉpatu keṭumō vorunāṇ
13. maṇṇā mutta marumpiya puṉṉait
14. taṇṇaṟuṅ kāṉal vantunum
15. vaṇṇa mevaṉō veṉṟaṉir celiṉē. 15

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 1 ṇavvalaik G2, RK; ṇavalaik G1
{LOZ} 3 parata G1, RK; pācu|paracu G2
{LOZ} 4 kiḷaiyuṭaṟ ṟuvaṉṟi RK; kiḷaiyuṭa ṉavvaṉṟi G1+2
{LOZ} 9 virantōr RK; yirantor G1+2
{LOZ} 10 vamaittuk RK; vaittuk G1+2
{LOZ} 11 tiṇimaṇaṟ G1, RK; kiṇimaṇaṟ G2
{LOZ} 12 vorunāṇ G1, RK; vorunāṉ G2
{LOZ} 13 maṇṇā RK; maṇṇo G1+2
{LOZ} 14 vantunum RK; vantunam G1+2
{LOZ} 15 veṉṟaṉir RK; veṉṟiṉir G1+2
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. long rope encircled- short eye pretty net
2. sea sing- perish(inf.) group fish drawn
3. companion unite- joy-they(h.) fisher people
4. youth-they(h.){X}um{/X} old-they(h.){X}um{/X} relations together filled-up
5. salt carry- salt-merchant(h.) difficult ford causing-to-go- 5
6. cart bear- bull(?) resemble(inf.) crowded
7. fine-sand firm set- shore sound(inf.) bent
8. big floor collected- ploughmen(h.) be-similar
9. begged-they(h.) poor pot increase(inf.) thrown
10. happening many(n.pl.) appointed(?) price proclaimed 10
11. horn high firm sand sleeping- ghat-he(voc.)
12. bigness say-it getting-lost-{X}ō{/X} one day
13. bath-not pearl budded- Puṉṉai-tree
14. cool fragrant seashore-grove come(abs.) you(pl.)-
15. colour what{X}ō{/X} you-said(pl.) go-if{X}ē{/X}. 15

{{Readable Translation}}

• O man from the ghat,
• where the fisher people, joyful when uniting with [their] companions,
• after drawing fish in groups, while the singing of the sea dies(?)[FNote_7],
• with [their] pretty nets with small eyes encircled by a long rope,
• join together, young and old, along with [their] relatives,
• crowding as the bulls drawing the chariot,
• whom the salt-carrying merchants make pass the difficult ford,
• dragging(?)[FNote_8] so that the shore firmly set with fine sand is sounding,
• throwing [pieces] so as to fill the empty pots of the beggars,
• as ploughmen brought together on the big threshing floor(?)[FNote_9],
• appointing many [pieces] of the catch(?) [and] announcing the price,
• [and] sleep in the firm sand high with peaks,
• - will [your] great word get lost? "Having come
• one day to the cool fragrant seashore grove
• of Puṉṉai trees that budded unbathed pearls,
• what [will become] of your colour", you said, "if [I] go?"

{{s.trsl}}

• 12+15b will what is called greatness get lost, when you come
• ...
• [and] go as one who said "how [is] your state?"[FNote_10]