AN 300 Ulōccaṉār: the friend

{{colophon}}: pakaṟkuṟi vantu nīṅkun talaimakaṟkut tōḻi colliyatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

  1. nāḷvalai mukanta kōḷval paratavar
  2. nuṇaṅkumaṇa lāṅka ṇuṇaṅkap peymmār
  3. paṟikoḷ koḷḷaiyar maṟuka vukka
  4. mīṉār kurukiṉ kāṉalam peruntuṟai
  5. yellai taṇpoḻiṟ ceṉṟeṉac celīiyar 5
  6. tērpūṭ ṭayara vōya vārkōṟ
  7. ceṟitoṭi tiruttip pāṟumayir nīvic
  8. celliṉi maṭantainiṉ ṟōḻiyoṭu maṉaiyeṉac
  9. colliya vaḷavait tāṉperitu kaviḻntu
  10. tīṅkā yiṉaḷiva ḷāyiṟ ṟāṅkātu 10
  11. notumalar pōlap piriyiṟ katumeṉap
  12. piṟitoṉ ṟākalu mañcuva lataṉāṟ
  13. cēṇiṉ varunar pōlap pēṇāy
  14. peruṅkali yāṇareñ ciṟukuṭit tōṉṟiṉ
  15. valletir koṇṭu mellitiṉ viṉaiit 15
  16. tuṟaiyu māṉṟiṉṟu poḻutē cuṟavu
  17. mōta malkaṭaliṉ māṟā yiṉavē
  18. yelliṉṟu tōṉṟal cellā tīmeṉa
  19. vemarkuṟai kūṟat taṅki yēmuṟa
  20. viḷaiyarum puraviyu miṉpuṟa nīyu 20
  21. milluṟai nalvirun tākuta
  22. lollutum perumanī nalkutal peṟiṉē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 1 mukanta RK; mukan+ TT
{LOZ} 3 koḷḷaiyar maṟuka RK; koḷkoḷḷaiyar __ka G2
{LOZ} 4 kurukiṉ RK; kuṟukiṉ G1+2
{LOZ} 4 peruntuṟai RK; peru++ṟai TT
{LOZ} 5 celīiyar RK; celiiyar TT
{LOZ} 6 voya TT; vēey RK
{LOZ} 8 celliṉi maṭantainiṉ ṟōḻiyoṭu maṉaiyeṉa RK; celliṉ++++ntainiṉ ṟāḻiyoṭu maṉai+eṉa TT, G1; celliṉ ... G2
{LOZ} 9 colliya RK, G1+2, VP, ER, EC; celliya SS
{LOZ} 9 vaḷavait TT; vaḷavai RK
{LOZ} 9 kaviḻntu TT, G1+2, SAv; kaluḻntu RK; kaliḻntu RKv
{LOZ} 11 piriyiṟ katumeṉap RK; piriy+ tatumeṉap TT
{LOZ} 12 lataṉāṟ RK; latatiṉāṟ G2
{LOZ} 13f. pēṇāy | peruṅkali TT, G1+2, EC; pēṇap | peruṅkali RKv; pēṇāp | peruṅkaḷiṟu SAv; pēṇā(y) | yiruṅkali RK, SS(), VP, ER
{LOZ} 14 tōṉṟiṉ RK; tōṉṟi EC
{LOZ} 16 māṉṟiṉṟu TT, G1+2, RK, VP; māṉṟaṉṟu ER, EC
{LOZ} 17 malkaṭaliṉ TT, G1+2; malikaṭaliṉ RKv, SAv; malkaliṉ RK
{LOZ} 20 miṉpuṟa RK; miṉpu_ G2
{LOZ} 21 tākuta TT, G1+2, RKv; tayarta RK; tūta SAv
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

  1. day net drawn- taking strong fisherman(h.)
  2. become-fine- sand there dry(inf.) rain(inf.)
  3. quiver(?) take- plunder-they(h.) whirl(inf.) shed-
  4. fish become-full- heron{X}iṉ{/X} seashore-grove{X}am{/X} big ghat
  5. daylight cool grove gone say go(inf.) 5
  6. chariot fasten- immerse(inf.) become-tired(inf.) overflow- staff
  7. be-tight- armlet corrected be-scattered- hair stroked
  8. go(ipt.) now girl your- friend-with house say
  9. said- measure-you self big-it turned-upside-down
  10. sweet unripe-fruit such-she/ harm she-became she if endure-not 10
  11. stranger(h.) be-similar separate-if 'katum' say
  12. other-it one-it becoming{X}um{/X} I-fear that(inst.)
  13. distance{X}iṉ{/X} coming-they(h.) be-similar esteem-not-you
  14. big bustle fertility our- little hamlet appear-if
  15. strong received soft-it{X}iṉ{/X} asked 15
  16. ghat{X}um{/X} it-was-confused[FNote_105] time{X}ē{/X} shark{X}um{/X}
  17. flood strength sea{X}iṉ{/X} change they-became(n.pl.){X}ē{/X}
  18. light not-it appearing don't-go say
  19. our-they(h.) request(?) talk(inf.) staid have-joy(inf.)
  20. young-the(h.){X}um{/X} horse{X}um{/X} pleasure have(inf.) you{X}um{/X} 20
  21. house stay- good festival becoming
  22. be-possible-we big-one(voc.) you granting obtain-if{X}ē{/X}.

{{Readable Translation}}