AN 270 Cākalācaṉār: the friend

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{{colophon}}: pakaṟkuṟikaṇ vantu nīṅkun talaimakaṉait tōḻi (G1+2: /) varaivu kaṭāyatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. iruṅkaḻi malarnta vaḷḷitaḻ nīlam
2. pulāaṉ maṟukiṟ ciṟukuṭip pākkat
3. tiṉamīṉ vēṭṭuvar ñāḻaloṭu milaiyu
4. mellam pulampa nekiḻntaṉa tōḷē
5. cēyiṟāt tuḻanta nuraipitirp paṭutirai 5
6. parāraip puṉṉai vāṅkuciṉait tōyuṅ
7. kāṉalan peruntuṟai nōkki yivaḷē
8. koycuvaṟ puravik kaivaṇ kōmā
9. ṉaṟṟērk kuṭṭuvaṉ kaḻumalat taṉṉa
10. vammā mēṉit toṉṉalan tolaiyat 10
11. tuñcāk kaṇṇa ḷalamaru nīyē
12. kaṭavuṇ maratta muṇmiṭai kuṭampaic
13. cēvaloṭu puṇarāc ciṟukarum pēṭai
14. yiṉṉā tuyaṅkuṅ kaṅkulu
15. nummū ruḷḷutir nōkō yāṉē. 15

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 1 nīlam RK; nilam G1+2
{LOZ} 1f. nīlam | pulāaṉ (pulāal) RK (G1+2); nīlam | pukāar RKv, SAv; nīlaṅ | kayaṟpulāṉ RKv, SAv; nīla | muṇpulāṉ RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 3 milaiyu RK, SS, VP, ER; malaiyu G1+2, EC
{LOZ} 4 nekiḻntaṉa G1+2, VP, ER, EC; nekiḻnta RK, SS
{LOZ} 5 cēyiṟāt tuḻanta RK; cēyiṟā mukanta EC, RKv, SAv; ceyiruk kuḻunta G1+2
{LOZ} 5 paṭutirai RK; paṭutiraip G1+2
{LOZ} 6 parārai G1+2, EC; parāarai RK
{LOZ} 6 tōyuṅ RK; toṭutta RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 7 yivaḷē RK; yivarai G1+2
{LOZ} 10 toṉṉalan tolaiyat RK; toṉṉalañ citaiyat RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 11 kaṇṇa ḷalamaru RK; kaṇṇa lamaru G1+2
{LOZ} 12 kaṭavuṇ RK; kaṭavuḷ G1+2
{LOZ} 12 kuṭampaic RK; kuṭampai G1+2
{LOZ} 13 cēvaloṭu RK; cevvoṭu G2
{LOZ} 14 tuyaṅkuṅ RK; tuyavuṅ RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 14 kaṅkulu RK; - G1+2
{LOZ} 15 nummū ruḷḷutir G1+2, RK, EC; nummū ruḷḷuvai VP, ER, RKv, SAv
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. big/dark backwaters blossomed- pure petal blue
2. fish-stench street{X}iṉ{/X} small home village
3. group fish hunter(h.) Ñāḻal-tree-with wearing-
4. soft{X}am{/X} loneliness-he(voc.) they-became-lose(n.pl.) shoulder{X}ē{/X}
5. red prawn stirred- foam spray happen- wave 5
6. large-trunk Puṉṉai-tree bend- branch touching-
7. seashore-grove{X}am{/X} big ghat looked she{X}ē{/X}
8. pluck- mane horse hand liberality king
9. good chariot Kuṭṭuvaṉ Kaḻumalam- like
10. pretty dark body old integrity be-lost(inf.) 10
11. sleep-not eye-she whirling- you{X}ē{/X}
12. god tree{X}a{/X} thorn be-set-close- nest
13. cock-with unite-not small black she-bird
14. pleasant-not becoming-weak- night{X}um{/X}
15. your(pl.)- village think-you(sub.pl.) I-ache{X}ō{/X} I{X}ē{/X}. 15

{{Readable Translation}}

• O soft man of the seashore,
• where the hunters for various fish wear with the Ñāḻal
• blue [lotus] with pure petals that has come to bloom in the dark backwaters,
• in [their] villages with small homes in fish-reeking streets,
• [her] shoulders are emaciated.
• She, looking at the big ghat by the seashore grove,
• where the coming waves with foaming spray that stirred red prawn
• touch the bending branches of the large-trunked Puṉṉai trees,
• she is agitated, with her eyes sleepless,
• so that the old integrity gets lost in [her] body, pretty [and] dark
• as the Kaḻumalam of Kuṭṭuvaṉ with good chariot,
• the king liberal of hand, [his] horses with plucked manes,
• --- you,
• you should think of your village,
• the whole(?) night, when the little dark she-bird,
• not united with [its] male is unpleasantly exhausted,
• in the nest set close in the thorns of the tree with a god.
• Ah, I ache.