AN 160 Kumuḻi Ñāḻal(ār) Nappacalaiyār: the friend

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{{colophon}}: tōḻi varaivu malintu colliyatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. oṭuṅkī rōti niṉakku maṟṟō
2. naṭuṅkiṉ ṟaḷitte ṉiṟaiyi ṉeñca
3. maṭumpukoṭi citaiya vāṅkik koṭuṅkaḻik
4. kuppai veṇmaṇaṟ pakkañ cērtti
5. niṟaiccūl yāmai maṟaittīṉṟu putaitta 5
6. kōṭṭuvaṭ ṭuruviṉ pulavunāṟu muṭṭaip
7. pārppiṭa ṉāku maḷavaip pakuvāyk
8. kaṇava ṉōmpuṅ kāṉalañ cērppaṉ
9. muḷḷuṟiṟ ciṟatta lañci mella
10. vāvuṭai maiyiṉ vaḷpiṟ kāṭṭi 10
11. yēttoḻi ṉaviṉṟa veḻiṉaṭaip puravi
12. ceḻunīrt taṇkaḻi nīntali ṉāḻi
13. nutimukaṅ kuṟainta potimukiḻ neytal
14. pāmpuyar talaiyiṟ cāmpuvaṉa nivappa
15. viravan taṉṟāṟ ṟiṇṭēr karavā 15
16. tolleṉa volikku miḷaiyaroṭu valvā
17. yaravac cīṟūr kāṇap
18. pakalvan taṉṟāṟ pāypari ciṟantē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 2 naṭuṅkiṉ G1+2, RK, VP, EN, ER, EC; naṭukkiṉ SS
{LOZ} 3 maṭumpukoṭi RK; maṭumpukōṭ EC
{LOZ} 5 maṟaittīṉṟu RK; maṟaittiṉṟu G1+2
{LOZ} 8 kaṇava RK; kaḷava EC
{LOZ} 9 muḷḷuṟiṟ RK; muḷḷiṟiṟ G1+2
{LOZ} 10 vāvuṭai RK, SS, VP, ER; vāyuṭai G1+2, EC
{LOZ} 11 yēttoḻi RK, SS, VP, ER; vēttoḻi G1+2, EC
{LOZ} 13 kuṟainta RK; kuṟaitta EC
{LOZ} 14 pāmpuyar RK; pāmpuyir SSv, SAv
{LOZ} 15 viravan taṉṟāṟ ṟiṇṭēr (ṟiṇ__ G2) RK; viravan tāṉā tiṇṭēr EC
{LOZ} 15f. karavā | tolleṉa RK; kāvalar | kalleṉa EC
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. be-restrained- moisture hair you(dat.){X}um{/X} thus-it{X}ō{/X}
2. it-shivered love/pity-it my- fullness{X}iṉ{/X} heart
3. Aṭumpu creeper be-wasted(inf.) bent(abs.) bent backwaters
4. heap white sand wing joined
5. fullness pregnancy tortoise hidden brought-forth buried- 5
6. horn- pawn form{X}iṉ{/X} fish-stench be-fragrant- egg
7. young-one place becoming- measure split- mouth
8. husband protecting- seashore-grove{X}am{/X} coast-he
9. thorn have-if being-superior feared soft(n.pl.)
10. leaping possession{X}iṉ{/X} lash{X}iṉ{/X} shown 10
11. arrow task learned- grace gait horse
12. abundant water cool backwaters swimming{X}iṉ{/X} wheel
13. tip face lacked- bundle- bud blue-water-lily
14. snake be-high- head{X}iṉ{/X} they-wither(n.pl.) come-up(inf.)
15. night it-came{X}āl{/X} firm chariot hide-not 15
16. "ol" say sounding- youth-they(h.)-with strong mouth
17. sound small village see(inf.)
18. midday it-came{X}āl{/X} spring- motion been-superior{X}ē{/X}.

{{Readable Translation}}

• O you with oil-restrained(?) hair, [is] it thus for you too?
• My heart in [its] fullness shivered [and] is pitiable.
• At night came indeed the firm chariot,
• so that those drooping as high snakes' heads,
• the blue water-lilies with bundled buds whose tipped faces were shortened
• by the wheels, when the horses were swimming the cool backwaters
• with abundant water, [horses] of graceful gait that practised [their] arrow task,
• upon being shown[FNote_57] the lash, for [inducing] the possession of leaping(?)[FNote_58],
• softly(?), being afraid of it being too much, if they experience the thorn,
• of the man from the seashore grove coast[FNote_59], where the split-mouthed husband
• [of the tortoise] protects, as much as the young ones take room,
• the eggs, smelling of fish, in the shape of horn[FNote_60] pawns,
• secretly brought forth [and] buried by the fully pregnant tortoise,
• after having joined the side of heaped white sand
• by the curved backwaters, bending, so that they are spoiled, the Aṭumpu creepers.
• Without hiding
• it has indeed come at midday, superior in leaping motion,
• for the noisy little village to see,
• with strong mouths, along with the youths that sound "ol"(?)[FNote_61].