AN 330 Ulōccaṉār: the friend

{{colophon}}: talaimakaṟkuk kuṟainērnta tōḻi talaimakaṭkuk kuṟainayappak kūṟiyatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

  1. kaḻippūk kuṟṟuṅ kāṉa lalkiyum
  2. vaṇṭaṟ pāvai varimaṇa layarntu
  3. miṉpuṟap puṇarntu miḷivarap paṇintun
  4. taṉṟuyar veḷippaṭat tavaṟi ṉantuya
  5. raṟiyā maiyi ṉayarnta neñcamoṭu 5
  6. cellu maṉṉō mellam pulampaṉ
  7. celvōṉ peyarpuṟat tiraṅki muṉṉiṉṟu
  8. takaiiya ceṉṟave ṉiṟaiyi ṉeñca
  9. meytiṉṟu kollō tāṉē yeytiyuṅ
  10. kāmañ ceppa nāṇiṉṟu kollō 10
  11. vutuva kāṇava rūrnta tērē
  12. kuppai veṇmaṇaṟ kuvavumicai yāṉu
  13. mekkart tāḻai maṭalvayi ṉāṉu
  14. māykoṭip pācaṭum pariya vūrpiḻipu
  15. ciṟukuṭip paratavar peruṅkaṭaṉ maṭutta 15
  16. kaṭuñcelaṟ koṭuntimil pōla
  17. nivantupaṭu tōṟṟamō ṭikantumā yummē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 1 kaḻippūk RK; caḻi++k TT
{LOZ} 4 taṉṟuyar veḷippaṭat tavaṟi ṉantuya SS; taṉṟuyar veḷippaṭat tavaṟi nantuya RK, VP, ER; taṉṟuyar veḷippaṭat tavaṟīi ṉantuya EC; taṉṟuyar veḷippaṭa luṟīi (veḷippaṭa ṉiṟīi SAv), tavaṟiṉantuya SSv, SAv; +++++++ veḷippaṭa++++ nērntuyi TT; taṉṟuyar veḷippaṭat vīṟ(ī)i nontuyi G1[FNote_116], RKv(); tavaṟintuya, nontuyir SAv?
{LOZ} 5 ṉayarnta TT, SS; ṉayarnte RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 5 neñcamoṭu RK; neñ+++ṭu TT
{LOZ} 6 cellu RK; callu TT, G1
{LOZ} 7 celvōṉ peyarpuṟat tiraṅki muṉṉiṉṟu RK; celvōṉ peyarpuṟat tiyaṅki muṉṉiṉṟu RKv, SAv; celvoṉ +ey+++++++ṉiṉ+ TT; celloṉ peyarpuṟat tiraṅki muṉṉiṉṟu G1
{LOZ} 10 nāṇiṉṟu RK; nāṉiṉṟu G1
{LOZ} 11 vutuva kānava rūrnta RK; vutuva kānava ṉūrnta EC; vutukkāṇ RKv, SAv; etukka naṇava rūrnta G1
{LOZ} 8-14 [in TT only few akṣara-s readable]
{LOZ} 14 pācaṭum pariya SS; pācaṭumpu pariya RK, VP, ER, ET; pācaṭum pāya G1
{LOZ} 17 tōṟṟamō corr.; tōṟṟamo RK
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

  1. backwaters flower plucked{X}um{/X} seashore-grove abided{X}um{/X}
  2. play doll/image line sand immersed{X}um{/X}
  3. pleasure have(inf.) united{X}um{/X} disgrace come(inf.) been-humble{X}um{/X}
  4. self(obl.) misery outside happen(inf.) mistake not- our- misery
  5. not-knowing{X}iṉ{/X} immersed- heart-with 5
  6. going-{X}maṉṉō{/X} soft{X}am{/X} loneliness-he
  7. go-he move- back- felt-pity front stood
  8. stop(inf.) gone- my- fullness not heart
  9. it-reached{X}kollō{/X} self{X}ē{/X} reached{X}um{/X}
  10. passion say(inf.) it-was-ashamed{X}kollō{/X} 10
  11. that there see(ipt.) he(h.) mounted- chariot{X}ē{/X}
  12. heap white sand heap height(loc.){X}um{/X}
  13. dune Tāḻai-tree palmyra-stem side(loc.){X}um{/X}
  14. select- creeper green hare-leaf cut(inf.) crept fallen
  15. small hamlet fisherman(h.) big sea thrust- 15
  16. quick going bent boat be-similar
  17. come-up(abs.) happen- appearance-with set-aside(abs.) disappearing-{X}ē{/X}.

{{Readable Translation}}