AN 340[FNote_120] Nakkīrar: the friend

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{{colophon}}: pakaṟkuṟikkaṇ tōḻi talaimakaṟkuc colliyatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. paṉṉā ḷevvan tīrap pakalvantu
2. puṉṉaiyam potumpi ṉiṉṉiḻaṟ kaḻippi
3. mālai māṟkoḷa nōkkip paṇṇāyntu
4. valavaṉ vaṇṭē riyakka nīyuñ
5. celavuvirup puṟuta loḻikatil lamma 5
6. cellā nallicaip polampūṭ ṭiraiyaṉ
7. palpūṅ kāṉaṟ pavattiri yaṉṉaviva
8. ṇalleḻi liḷanalan tolaiya volleṉak
9. kaḻiyē yōta malkiṉṟu vaḻiyē
10. vaḷḷeyiṟ ṟaravoṭu vayamīṉ koṭkuñ 10
11. ceṉṟōr maṉṟa māṉṟiṉṟu poḻuteṉa
12. niṉṟiṟat tavalam vīṭa viṉṟivaṭ
13. cēppi ṉevaṉō pūkkēḻ pulampa
14. pacumī ṉoṭutta veṇṇeṉmāt tayirmiti
15. mitavai māvār kunavē niṉakkē 15
16. vaṭavar tanta vāṉkēḻ vaṭṭaṅ
17. kuṭapula vuṟuppiṟ kūṭṭupu nikaḻttiya
18. vaṇṭimir naṟuñcān taṇikuvan tiṇṭimi
19. lelluttoḻiṉ maṭutta valviṉaip paratavar
20. kūruḷik kaṭuvicai māṭṭaliṟ pāypuṭaṉ 20
21. kōṭcuṟāk kiḻitta koṭumuṭi neṭuvalai
22. taṇkaṭa lacaivaḷi yeṟitoṟu viṉaiviṭṭu
23. muṉṟiṟ ṟāḻait tūṅkun
24. teṇkaṭaṟ parappiṉe muṟaivi ṉūrkkē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 2 ṉiṉṉiḻaṟ kaḻippi RK; ṉiṉṉiḻa ṟaḻīi RKv; SAv
{LOZ} 5 celavuvirup RK; celavirup RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 7 yaṉṉavivaḷ ER; yaṉavivaḷ RK
{LOZ} 8 liḷanalan RK; liṉṉalan RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 11 māṉṟiṉṟu RK; māṉṟaṉṟu ER
{LOZ} 14f. veṇṇelmāt tayirmiti | mitavai māvār kunavē niṉakkē SS; veṇṇel māat | tayirmiti mitavai yārttuva niṉakkē ER, RK, SSv, SAv (tayirmiti māa vārkuva niṉakkē RKv)
{LOZ} 16 vaṭṭaṅ RK; cāṇtaṅ RK, SAv
{LOZ} 18 taṇikuvan RK; tayarkuvan RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 20 kūruḷik RKv, ER; kūrvaḷik RK, SS
{LOZ} 20 kaṭuvicai RK; kaḻuvicai RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 20 māṭṭaliṟ pāypuṭaṉ RKv, ER; maṇṭaliṟ pāyntuṭaṉ RK; māṭṭaliṟ pāyyuṭaṉ SAv?
{LOZ} 24 teṇkaṭaṟ RK; taṇṭiraip RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 24 ṉūrkkē RK; ṉūrē RKv, Sav
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. many day trouble end(inf.) midday come(abs.)
2. Puṉṉai-tree{X}am{/X} grove{X}iṉ{/X} pleasant shade spent
3. evening delusion take(inf.) looked making selected
4. charioteer generous(?) chariot cause-to-go(inf.) you{X}um{/X}
5. going desire having may-stay-behind{X}tillamma{/X} 5
6. go-not good sound gold ornament Tiraiyaṉ
7. many flower seashore-grove Pavattiri like she
8. good grace young integrity be-lost(inf.) "ol" say
9. backwaters{X}ē{/X} flood it-increased way{X}ē{/X}
10. sharp tooth- snake-with strength fish revolving- 10
11. gone-he(h.){X}maṉṟa{/X} it-was-confused time say
12. your(loc.) affliction be-destroyed(inf.) today here
13. rest-if what{X}ō{/X} flower lustre loneliness-he(voc.)
14. green fish bartered- white rice big curd trample-
15. gruel horse becoming-full-they(n.pl.){X}ē{/X} you(dat.){X}ē{/X} 15
16. north-they(h.) given- sky lustre circle
17. west- field limb{X}iṉ{/X} combined brought-to-pass-
18. bee hum- fragrant sandal adorn-we firm boat
19. light task thrust- strong work fishermen(h.)
20. sharp hook quick speed hooking{X}iṉ{/X} leap together 20
21. taking shark torn- bent knot long net
22. cool sea move- wind throw-ever work let(abs.)
23. frontyard Tāḻai-tree hanging-
24. clear sea extension our- staying{X}iṉ{/X} village(dat.){X}ē{/X}{MYST1}

{{Readable Translation}}

• Coming at midday, for the trouble of many days to end,
• spending [time] in the pleasing shade of the Puṉṉai grove,
• looking at the evening to bring delusion[FNote_121], would that
• you[FNote_122] stopped having desire to go, while the charioteer
• urges forward the generous(?) chariot, well-prepared(?)[FNote_123].
• Saying: "In the backwaters,[FNote_124]
• while her new integrity of good grace got lost,
• like Pavattiri with many-flowered seashore groves
• of Tiraiyaṉ with golden ornaments [and] unceasing fame,
• the flood has increased noisily(?). On the way,
• time has become confused indeed for the one who has set out to go[FNote_125],
• when the strong fish revolves with the sharp-toothed snake",
• --- what if you rested here today, o man from the sea
• lustruous with flowers, in order to dispel the affliction in you,
• - in the village[FNote_126] of our residence by the extension of the clear sea,
• where the long nets with bent knots, torn by the killing shark
• as soon as it leapt[FNote_127] for being hooked with great speed by the sharp hook
• of the fishermen of strong work who engaged(?) in [their] nightly task[FNote_128]
• in firm boats, hang down from the Tāḻai trees in the frontyard,
• let loose from work to every dashing of the moving wind from the cool sea?
• Your horses will be those who become full of gruel
• of white rice mashed with big curd bartered for fresh fish. As for you,
• we adorn[FNote_129] [you] with fragrant sandal on which bees hum,
• which has been effected in joining [it] to the limbs(?), from the western fields
• with the round [stone] lustruous [as] the sky, given by the northeners[FNote_130].