AN 350 Cēntaṉ Kaṇṇaṉār (TT, G1: anonymous): the friend

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{{colophon}}: pakaṟkuṟi vanta talaimakaṟkut tōḻic colliyatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. kaḻiyē
2. ciṟukura ṉeytaloṭu kāvi kūmpa
3. veṟitirai yōtan taralā ṉātē
4. tuṟaiyē
5. maruṅkiṟ pōkiya mākkavai maruppi
6. ṉiruñcēṟ ṟīraḷai yalava ṉivappa
7. vaḻaṅkuna riṉmaiyiṟ pāṭāṉ ṟaṉṟē 5
8. koṭunuka nuḻainta kaṇaikkā lattiri
9. vaṭimaṇi neṭuntēr pūṇa vēvā
10. tēnteḻiṉ maḻaikka ṇivaḷkuṟai yākac
11. cērntaṉai ceṉmō perunīrc cērppa
12. vilaṅkirum parappi ṉeṟicuṟā nīkki 10
13. valampuri mūḻkiya vāṉṟimiṟ paratava
14. rolitalaip paṇila mārppak kalleṉak
15. kalikeḻu koṟkai yetirkoḷa viḻitaruṅ
16. kuvavumaṇa ṉeṭuṅkōṭ ṭāṅka
17. ṇuvavukkāṇ ṭōṉṟumeñ ciṟunal lūrē. 15

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 4 ṟīraḷai yalava ṉivappa RK, SS, EC; ṟiraḷai ya++va ṉiva+++(/ḷi___) TT, G1); ṟīraḷai yalava ṉīppa VP, ER
{LOZ} 5 vaḻaṅkuna RK; _ḻaṅkuna G1
{LOZ} 5 pāṭāṉ ṟāṉṟē RK; paṭaṉ ṟaṉṟe G1; paṭaṉ +aṉṟe TT
{LOZ} 6 koṭunuka nuḻainta kaṇaikkā lattiri RK; koṭuṅkuḻai nuḻainta kaṇaikkāṟ ṟiriña(ru) TT, G1
{LOZ} 7f. vēvā | tēnteḻiṉ RK, EC; vēvātu | vēnteḻiṉ TT, G1
{LOZ} 9 cērntaṉai TT, G1, RK, SS, EC; cēntaṉai VP, ER
{LOZ} 15 ṇuvavukkāṇ TT, G1, RKv, SAv; ṇuvakkāṇ RK[FNote_131]
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. backwaters{X}ē{/X}
2. small ear blue-water-lily-with blue-water-lily open(inf.)
3. throw- wave flood giving end-not-it{X}ē{/X}[FNote_132]
4. ghat{X}ē{/X}
5. side{X}iṉ{/X} go(inf.) big fork horn{X}iṉ{/X}
6. dark/big mud- wet hole crab come-up(inf.)
7. wandering-they(h.) non-existence{X}iṉ{/X} sing- it-ended{X}ē{/X}[FNote_133] 5
8. bent yoke got-into- cylinder leg mule
9. trickle- bell long chariot put-on(inf.) command-not
10. be-eminent- grace rain eye she deficiency become(inf.)
11. you-joined go(ipt.) big water coast-he(voc.)
12. transverse-/shine- big/dark extension{X}iṉ{/X} throw- shark repelled 10
13. conch dive(inf.) sky[FNote_134] boat fisherman(h.)
14. sound offer- conch roar(inf.) 'kal' say
15. bustle have- Koṟkai receive(inf.) fall- giving-
16. heap sand long horn- there
17. fullmoon(?) see(ipt.) appearing- our- little good village{X}ē{/X}.

{{Readable Translation}}

• The backwaters! For blue lotus to close, along with small-eared blue water-lilies,
• the flood does not stop bringing dashing waves.
• The ghat!
• While the crabs come up from [their] wet holes in the dark mud,
• with big forked joints for going sideways(?),[FNote_135]
• the singing ceases, in the absence of wanderers.
• Without ordering to yoke to the long chariot with tinkling bells
• the round-legged mules that got into the bent yoke,
• go as one who has joined [her], as it is the request of her
• with eminently graceful rain eyes, o man from the coast of great waters.
• Look in the moonlight(?): our little good village appears,
• there by the long peaks of heaped sand,
• where the fishermen, in order to dive for conches
• repelling the sharks attacking in the shining dark extension,
• descend from [their] white boats to be received in bustling Koṟkai,
• noisily, while sound-spreading[FNote_136] conches are roaring.