AN 100 Uloccaṉār: the friend

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{{colophon}}: tōḻi varaivu kaṭāyatu. {{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. araiyuṟ ṟamainta vāra nīvip
2. puraiyap pūṇṭa kōtai mārpiṉai
3. nallakam vaṭukkoḷa muyaṅki nīvan
4. telliṉiṟ peyarta leṉakkumā riṉitē
5. peruntirai muḻakkamō ṭiyakkavin tirunta 5
6. koṇṭa liravi ṉiruṅkaṭaṉ maṭutta
7. koḻumīṉ koḷpava riruṇīṅ koṇcuṭa
8. rōṭāp pūṭkai vēntaṉ pācaṟai
9. yāṭiyal yāṉai yaṇimukat tacaitta
10. vōṭai yoṇcuṭa roppat tōṉṟum 10
11. pāṭunart toṭutta kaivaṇ kōmāṉ
12. pariyuṭai naṟṟērp periyaṉ viriyiṇarp
13. puṉṉaiyaṅ kāṉaṟ puṟantai muṉṟuṟai
14. vampa nārai yiṉaṉolit taṉṉa
15. vampal vāytta teyya taṇpular 15
16. vaikuṟu viṭiyaṟ pōkiya verumai
17. neytalam putumalar māntuṅ
18. kaitaiyam paṭappaiyem maḻuṅka lūrē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 1 araiyuṟ ṟamainta RK; araiyut tamainta G2; araiyat tamainta G1; araiyaṟṟamai RKv
{LOZ} 4 leṉakkumā RK; lemakkumā G1+2
{LOZ} 5 muḻakkamō corr.; muḻakkamo RK
{LOZ} 6 liravi ṉiruṅkaṭaṉ RK; lirava ṇiruṅkaṭaṉ G1+2
{LOZ} 10 roppat RK; rop _t G2
{LOZ} 11 pāṭunart SS; pāṭuṉart G1+2
{LOZ} 11 toṭutta RK, SS, VP, ER; taṭutta G1+2, EC
{LOZ} 12 pariyuṭai RK; puriyuṭai G1+2
{LOZ} 13 puṉṉaiyaṅ RK; puṉṉaiyaḷaṅ G2
{LOZ} 13 puṟantai RK; purantai G2; puṟaiyāṟu SA
{LOZ} 17 neytalam RK; neytaṟ SSv, SAv; neytaṟk G1+2
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. grind- had become-still- sandal smeared
2. great-they(n.pl.) put-on- garland chest-you
3. good inside injury take(inf.) embraced you come(abs.)
4. night{X}iṉ{/X} you- moving me(dat.){X}mār{/X} pleasant-it{X}ē{/X}
5. big wave thunder-with motion ceased been- 5
6. cloud night{X}iṉ{/X} big/dark sea thrust-
7. rich fish take-they(h.) darkness leave- bright glow
8. run-not resolution king encampment
9. play- nature elephant adorn- face- tied-
10. metal-plate bright glow resemble(inf.) appearing- 10
11. singing-they(h.) linked- hand liberality king
12. motion possess- good chariot big-he expand- cluster
13. Puṉṉai-tree{X}am{/X} seashore-grove Puṟantai front ghat
14. new wader group sounded like
15. scandal reached-they(n.pl.){X}teyya{/X} cool dawn- 15
16. dawn{X}1{/X} dawn{X}2{/X} gone- she-buffalo
17. blue-water-lily{X}am{/X} new blossom feeding-on-
18. Kaitai-tree{X}am{/X} garden our- noise village{X}ē{/X}{MYST1}

{{Readable Translation}}

• You of a chest with a garland put on to be appropriate(?),
• smearing [it] with sandal that has been completely grinded(?)[FNote_30],
• when you[FNote_31] come [and] embrace [me] for [my] good mind to be injured,
• your returning at night [is] pleasing to me too.
• Scandalous words,
• sounding like the groups of new egrets(?)[FNote_32]
• in the front ghat of Puṟantai by the seashore grove of Puṉṉai trees
• with broad [flower] clusters, of the great one with fast(?) good chariot,
• the king liberal of hand who is bound to those who sing(?)[FNote_33],
• where the bright lights left in the darkness by those who bring rich fish,
• who pierce the great water in cloudy night,
• when along with the thunder the motion of the big waves has ceased[FNote_34],
• appear to resemble the bright glow of the metal plates
• tied as a decoration to the faces of the elephants of playful nature
• in the encampment of the king resolved not to flee,
• have reached, faith[FNote_35],
• our noisy village in the Kaitai garden,
• where the bufallo cow who has gone in cool falling dawn[FNote_36]
• feeds on the new blossoms of the blue water-lily.