AN 40 Kuṉṟiyaṉār (G1+2: Kuṉṟiyaṉ): SHE

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{{colophon}}: talaimakaṉ poruḷvayiṟ pirintavaḻik kiḻatti tōḻikkuc colliyatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. kāṉaṉ mālaik kaḻippūk kūmpa
2. nīṉiṟap peruṅkaṭaṟ pāṭeḻun tolippa
3. mīṉār kurukiṉ meṉpaṟai toḻuti
4. kuvaiyirum puṉṉaik kuṭampai cēra
5. vacaivaṇ ṭārkku malkuṟu kālait 5
6. tāḻai taḷarat tūkki mālai
7. yaḻitaka vanta koṇṭaloṭu kaḻipaṭark
8. kāmar neñcaṅ kaiyaṟu piṉaiyat
9. tuyarañ ceytunam maruḷā rāyiṉu
10. maṟāa liyarō vavaruṭaik kēṇmai 10
11. yaḷiyiṉ maiyi ṉavaṇuṟai muṉaii
12. vāraṟka tilla tōḻi kaḻaṉi
13. veṇṇe larinar piṉṟait tatumpun
14. taṇṇumai verīiya taṭantā ṇārai
15. ceṟimaṭai vayiriṟ piḷiṟṟip peṇṇai 15
16. yakamaṭaṟ cēkkun tuṟaiva
17. ṉiṉṟuyiṉ mārpiṟ ceṉṟaveṉ ṉeñcē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 2 nīṉiṟap RK; nīrniṟap G1+2
{LOZ} 2 peruṅkaṭaṟ G1+2; peruṅkaṭal RK
{LOZ} 3 meṉpaṟai G2, RK, SS; meṉciṟait G1
{LOZ} 6 tūkki G1+2, VP, ER, RKv, SAv, EC; tūṅki RK, SS
{LOZ} 7 vanta G2, RK; vunta G1
{LOZ} 7 kaḻipaṭark G1, RK; kaḻipaṭar G2
{LOZ} 8 piṉaiyat G2, RK; miṉaiyat G1
{LOZ} 11 ṉavaṇuṟai RK; ṉavaṇuṟaivu RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 12 tilla G2, RK; killa G1
{LOZ} 13 larinar G1, RK; lariñar G2
{LOZ} 14 verīiya G2, RK; verīit G1
{LOZ} 15 piḷiṟṟip G1, RK; piḷiṟṟiya G2
{LOZ} 17 ṉiṉṟuyiṉ RK; ṉiṉṟuyil G1+2
{LOZ} 17 ceṉraveṉ G2, RK; ceṉṟava G1
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. seashore-grove evening backwaters flower close(inf.)
2. blue colour big sea sing- risen sound(inf.)
3. fish become-full- heron{X}iṉ{/X} soft wing multitude
4. heap big/dark Puṉṉai-tree nest join(inf.)
5. move- bee roaring- night(?) have- time 5
6. Tāḻai-tree slacken(inf.) lifted evening
7. ruin be-fit(inf.) come- east-wind-with much affliction
8. passion heart action subsided despair(inf.)
9. misery made us- consideration-not-he(h.) if-even
10. may-not-subside{X}ō{/X} he(h.) possess- intimacy 10
11. love/pity non-existence{X}iṉ{/X} there stay- hated
12. may-not-come{X}tilla{/X} friend field
13. white rice cutting-off-they(h.) afterwards resounding-
14. Taṇṇumai-drum been-frightened- broad foot wader
15. be-tight- clasp horn{X}iṉ{/X} trumpeted palmyra-palm 15
16. inside palm-stem resting- ghat-he
17. pleasant sleep chest{X}iṉ{/X} gone- my- heart{X}ē{/X}{MYST1}

{{Readable Translation}}

• Even if he is not considerate with us, making [us] miserable,
• so that the passionate heart becomes motionless [and] despairs
• of much affliction, with the east wind that has come, fit for ruin,
• at evening, lifting [branches] so that the Tāḻai trees droops,
• at the time when night is imminent, when the moving bees are humming,
• while the multitude of soft wings of the herons filled with fish
• join [their] nests in the dark Puṉṉai trees in heaps,
• while the blue-coloured great sea rises to sing [and] sounds,
• while the flowers close in the backwaters, at evening in the seashore grove,
• - let not the friendship he possesses subside.
• Hating to stay there, in the absence of love/pity,
• may it not come, friend,
• my heart that had gone for the chest [that gives] sweet sleep
• of the man from the ghat, where the broad-footed egrets(?)[FNote_11],
• frightened by the Taṇṇumai drum that resounds after(?)[FNote_12] the cutters
• of white rice in the fields, rest on the inner stems
• of the palmyra trees, trumpeting like horns with tight clasps.

{{s.trsl}}

• 10-12+17b let not the heart subside that had gone for the chest ...
• of the man from the ghat...
• May he not come, friend,
• hating to stay here in the absences of the love/pity of his friendship[FNote_13]