AN 280 Ammūvaṉār: HE

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{{colophon}}: 1. talaimakaḷaik kaṇṇuṟṟu (G1+2: kaṇṇuṟa) nīṅkun talamakaṉ taṉṉeñciṟkuc colliyatu. 2. allakuṟippaṭṭup pōkāniṉṟavaṉ colliyatūumām.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. poṉṉaṭarn taṉṉa voḷḷiṇarc ceruntip
2. paṉmalar vēynta nalampeṟu kōtaiya
3. ṭiṇimaṇa laṭaikarai yalava ṉāṭṭi
4. yacaiyiṉa ḷirunta vāytoṭik kuṟumaka
5. ṇalañcāl viḻuppoṟuḷ kalaniṟai koṭuppiṉum 5
6. peṟalaruṅ kuraiya ḷāyi ṉaṟanterintu
7. nāmuṟai tēe marūuppeyarn tavaṉo
8. ṭirunīrc cērppi ṉuppuṭa ṉuḻutum
9. perunīrk kuṭṭam puṇaiyoṭu pukkum
10. paṭuttaṉam paṇintaṉa maṭuttaṉa miruppiṟ 10
11. ṟarukuvaṉ kollō tāṉē viritiraik
12. kaṇṭiraṇ muttaṅ koṇṭu ñāṅkart
13. tēṉimi rakaṉkarai pakukkuṅ
14. kāṉalam peruntuṟaip paratava ṉamakkē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 2f. kōtaiya | ṭiṇimaṇa RK; kōtai | yaṇimaṇa EC
{LOZ} 5 ṇalañcāl RK; ṇalaiñcol G2; ṇaṟuñcol G1; ḷañcol RKv
{LOZ} 6 lāyi ṉaṟanterintu G1, RK, VP, ER; lāyiṉ ṟainterintu G2; lāyiṉantil RKv, SAv, EC
{LOZ} 7 tēe RK; te G1+2
{LOZ} 8 ṉuḻutum G1+2, VP, ER, RK, SSv, SAv; ṉuḻantum SS
{LOZ} 9 pukkum RK; puykkum G1+2
{LOZ} 10 miruppiṟ G1+2, RK, VP, ER; mirumpiṟ RKv, SAv, EC
{LOZ} 12 kaṇtiraṇ RK; kaṇtiraṉ G2
{LOZ} 13 tēṉimi rakaṉkarai RK, VP, ER; tēṉimir taṇkarai G1+2, RKv, EC; tēṉimir tāṟkarai SAv
{LOZ} 14 ṉamakkē G1+2, RKv, SS, EC; ṉemakkē VP, ER; makaḷē RK, SSv, SAv
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. gold been-thick like bright cluster pear-tree
2. many blossom covered- goodness obtain- garland-she
3. firmness sand settle- shore crab driven-away
4. she-rested been- select- armlet short daughter
5. integrity be-worthy- excellent wealth vessel fullness give-if-even 5
6. obtaining difficult jubilation-she(?) if duty understood
7. we stay- land join-together- moved he-with
8. big/dark water coast{X}iṉ{/X} salt together ploughed{X}um{/X}
9. big water expanse raft-with entered{X}um{/X}
10. we-made-happen we-were-humble we-were-next be-if 10
11. he-give{X}kollō{/X} self{X}ē{/X} expand- wave
12. eye become-round- pearl taken henceforth
13. honey hum- widen- shore distributing-
14. seashore-grove{X}am{/X} big ghat fisherman us(dat.){X}ē{/X}{MYST1}

{{Readable Translation}}

• She with a garland obtaining goodness covered with many blossoms
• of the pear tree in clusters bright as moulded gold,
• if she is difficult to obtain,[FNote_97]
• even if [we] give [him] the weight of a vessel(?)[FNote_98] of excellent wealth, worthy of the goodness of the little woman[FNote_99] with choice armlets who remained(?) resting[FNote_100]
• after driving away the crabs on the shore set with firm sand,
• if we were to remain close [to him?], be humble, do [as he does?][FNote_101]
• also entering with a raft the expanse of the great water
• and plough salt on the coast of the vast water together with him,
• moving jointly(?) [away] from the land where we stay, understanding [our] duty,
• --- will he give [her], to us,
• the fisherman from the big ghat by the seashore grove,
• where the expanding waves take eye-widening pearls[FNote_102] [and] afterwards
• distribute them on the wide shore humming with honey [bees]?