AN 240 Eḻūuppaṉṟi Nākaṉ Kumaraṉār: the friend

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{{colophon}}: tōḻi iravukkuṟi vanta talaimakaṟkup (G1+2: talaimakaṉukkup) pakaṟkuṟi nērntatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. cevvī ñāḻaṟ karuṅkōṭ ṭiruñciṉait
2. taṉippārp puḷḷiya taṇpaṟai nārai
3. maṇippū neytaṉ mākkaḻi nivappa
4. viṉippulam piṉṟē kāṉalu naḷikaṭaṟ
5. ṟiraiccura muḻanta tiṇṭimil viḷakkiṟ 5
6. paṉmīṉ kūṭṭa meṉṉaiyark kāṭṭiya
7. ventaiyuñ cellumā riravē yanti
8. laṇaṅkuṭaip paṉittuṟai kaitoḻu tētti
9. yāyu māyamō ṭayaru nīyun
10. tēmpā yōti tirunuta ṉīvik 10
11. kōṅkumukait taṉṉa kuvimulai yākat
12. tiṉṟuyi lamarntaṉai yāyiṉ vaṇṭupaṭa
13. virinta cerunti veṇmaṇaṉ muṭukkarp
14. pūvēy puṉṉaiyan taṇpoḻil
15. vāvē teyya maṇantaṉai celarkē. 15

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 1 cevvī RK; cevvi G1+2
{LOZ} 1 ṭiruñciṉait RK; ṭañciṉai(t) G1+2, RKv, SAv()
{LOZ} 2 nārai RK; nāṟai G2
{LOZ} 3 neytaṉ RK; neytal G1+2
{LOZ} 6 meṉṉaiyark RK; maṉṉaiyark G1+2
{LOZ} 9 māyamō RK; māyarumā EC
{LOZ} 12 vaṇṭupaṭa RK; ṟuṇṭupaṭa G2
{LOZ} 15 teyya RK; teya G1+2
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. red blossom Ñāḻal-tree black horn- big/dark twig
2. solitary young-one remembered- cool wing wader
3. sapphire flower blue-water-lily big/dark backwaters come-up-
4. now it-became-lonely{X}ē{/X} seashore-grove{X}um{/X} denseness sea
5. wave desert borne- firm boat lamp{X}iṉ{/X} 5
6. many fish union my-they(h.) show(inf.)
7. my-father{X}um{/X} going-{X}ār{/X} night{X}ē{/X} there
8. plague possess- dew ghat hand worshipped praised
9. mother{X}um{/X} attendant-with immersing- you{X}um{/X}
10. honey spread- hair brilliant forehead stroked 10
11. Kōṅku-tree budded like heap- breast bosom-
12. pleasant sleep you-abided if bee happen(inf.)
13. expanded- pear-tree white sand lane
14. flower cover- Puṉṉai-tree{X}am{/X} cool grove
15. come(ipt.){X}ēteyya{/X} you-united going(dat.){X}ē{/X}. 15

{{Readable Translation}}

• Now,
• as the heron with cool wings, that remembered [its] solitary young one
• on the big twig of the black branch of the red-blossomed Ñāḻal tree,
• rises from the dark backwaters of water-lilies with sapphire flowers,
• the seashore grove has become lonely,
• and my father goes, at night,
• to show to my people the mass of different(?) fish
• by the lamp of the firm boats that have borne the wave desert of the vast(?) sea,
• and my mother is immersed with [her] companions
• in praising [and] worshipping[FNote_93] the big ghat with [its] fearful spirit there,
• and you,
• if you were to stroke [her] brilliant forehead with honey-scented hair
• [and] abide in sweet sleep
• on [her] bosom with breasts bulged as the buds of the Koṅku,
• [you would have to] come [now][FNote_94], in order to go after you have united with [her],
• to the cool Puṉṉai grove covered in flowers,
• by the lane of white sand with pear trees that have expanded for the bees to come.