AN 360 Maturaik Kaṇṇataṉār: the friend

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{{colophon}}: pakaṟkuṟi vanta talaimakaṟkut tōḻi pakaṟkuṟi maṟutt' iravukkuṟi nērntatu. {{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. palpūn taṇpoḻiṟ pakaluṭaṉ kaḻippi
2. yorukā lūrtip parutiyañ celvaṉ
3. kuṭavayiṉ māmalai maṟaiyak koṭuṅkaḻit
4. taṇcēṟ ṟaṭaiiya kaṇaikkā ṉeyta
5. ṉuṇṭā tuṇṭu vaṇṭiṉan tuṟappa 5
6. veruvaru kaṭuntiṟa liruperun teyvat
7. turuvuṭa ṉiyainta tōṟṟam pōla
8. vanti vāṉamoṭu kaṭalaṇi koḷāa
9. vanta mālai peyariṉ maṟṟivaḷ
10. perumpulam piṉaḷē teyya vataṉāṟ 10
11. pāṇi piḻaiyā māṇviṉaik kalimāt
12. tuñcūr yāmattut teviṭṭa lōmpi
13. neṭuntē rakala nīkkip paiyeṉak
14. kuṉṟiḻi kaḷiṟṟiṟ kuvavumaṇa ṉīnti
15. yiraviṉ vammō vuravunīrc cērppa 15
16. viṉamī ṉaruntu nāraiyoṭu paṉaimicai
17. yaṉṟil cēkku muṉṟiṟ poṉṉeṉa
18. naṉmalar naṟuvī tāam
19. puṉṉai naṟumpoḻiṟ ceytaṉaṅ kuṟiyē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 2 lūrtip RK; lūrip G1
{LOZ} 4 kaṇaikkā RK; kaṇakkā TT
{LOZ} 4f. ṉeyta | ṉuṇṭā TT, RK; ṉeytal | ṉuṇṭā G1
{LOZ} 5 ṉuṇṭā tuṇṭu ... tuṟappa SS; ṉuṇ++ tuṇṭu ... ++ṟappa TT
{LOZ} 6 liruperun teyvat RK; liruperu______t G1
{LOZ} 7 turuvuṭa RK; turupuṭa G1
{LOZ} 8 vanti ... koḷāa RK; ++nti ... +oḷā+ TT
{LOZ} 9 vanta RK; ++nta TT
{LOZ} 10 perumpulam piṉaḷē RK; perumpulap piṉaṉe TT, G1
{LOZ} 11 piḻaiyā RK; ++ḻaiyā TT
{LOZ} 11 kalimāt TT, G1; kalimā RK
{LOZ} 12 tuñcūr ... teviṭṭa G1, RK; tuñcur ... tevi++ TT; tuñcā RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 13-16 (slightly blurred in TT)
{LOZ} 16 ṉarunta TT, G1, RK, VP, ER; āruntu SS; ṉaruntum EC
{LOZ} 18 naṉmalar SS; ++ṉmalar TT
{LOZ} 16 tāam RK; tām TT, G1
{LOZ} 19 puṉṉai TT, RK; puṉṉaiya G1, RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 19 ceytaṉaṉ RK; ce+taṉaṉ TT
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. many flower cool grove midday together spent
2. one leg vehicle circle(?){X}am{/X} go-he
3. west side big/dark mountain vanish(inf.) bent backwaters
4. cool mud- fastened-[FNote_137] cylinder leg blue-water-lily
5. fine pollen eaten bee group abandon(inf.) 5
6. fright come- quick power two big god-
7. colour together harmonized- appearance be-similar
8. twilight sky-with sea adornment take-not/taken
9. come- evening move-if {X}maṟṟu{/X} she
10. big loneliness-she{X}ē-teyya{/X} that(inst.) 10
11. beat fail-not glory work pride(?) horse
12. sleep- village midnight- making-noise? bewared
13. long chariot leave(inf.) repelled 'pai' say
14. hill fall- elephant-bull{X}iṉ{/X} heap sand swum
15. night{X}iṉ{/X} come(ipt.){X}ō{/X} strength water coast-he(voc.) 15
16. group fish eat- wader-with palmyra(loc.)
17. Aṉṟil-bird resting- front-yard gold say
18. good blossom fragrant blossom spreading-
19. Puṉṉai-tree fragrant grove we-made sign{X}ē{/X}.

{{Readable Translation}}

• After spending the midday together in the cool grove of many flowers,
• if [you] just go back in the evening that has come,
• taking for [its] decoration the sea with the twilight sky,
• as the appearance that harmonized together the colours
• of the two great gods of frightening fierce power,
• while the groups of bees, having eaten the fine pollen, abandon
• the blue water-lilies with globular stems fastened to the cool mud
• in the curved backwaters, when the disk-shaped goer with [his] one-legged
• vehicle vanishes behind the great mountains on the western side,
• she will have great loneliness.[FNote_138] Therefore,
• beware of making noise at midnight in the sleeping village
• with [your] proud horses of glorious work that won't miss a beat,
• avoid [it] by leaving [your] long chariot, gently(?),
• cross the heaps of sand, as an elephant bull descending from the hills,
• [and] come at night, o man from the coast of the strong water.
• In the fragrant grove of Puṉṉai trees,
• that spread fragrant blossoms, good flowers
• like gold in the frontyard, where the Aṉṟil rests
• in the palmyra tree with the heron that has eaten fish in groups,
• we have made a sign.