AN 380 Maturai Marutaṉ Iḷnākaṉār: the friend

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{{colophon}}: piṉṉiṉṟa talaimakaṟkuk kuṟainērntat tōḻi talaimakaṭkuk (TT, G1: talaimakaṟkuk) kuṟai nayappak kūṟiyatu.{{/colophon}}

{{Metrical text}}

1. tērcē ṇīkkit taṉiyiṉ vantunum
2. mūryā teṉṉa naṇinaṇi yotuṅki
3. muṉṉāṭ pōkiya tuṟaiva ṉerunai
4. yakalilai nāva luṇṭuṟai yutirnta
5. kaṉikaviṉ citaiya vāṅkik koṇṭutaṉ 5
6. ṟāḻai vēraḷai vīḻtuṇaik kiṭūu
7. malavaṟ kāṭṭi naṟpāṟ ṟammeṉa
8. niṉainta neñcamoṭu neṭitupeyarn tōṉē
9. yutukkāṇ ṭōṉṟun tērē yiṉṟu
10. nāmetir koḷḷā māyiṟ ṟāṉatu 10
11. tuṇikuvaṉ pōlā ṉāṇumika vuṭaiyaṉ
12. veṇmaṇa ṉeṭuṅkōṭṭu maṟaikō
13. vamma tōḻi kūṟumati nīyē.

{{Critical Apparatus}}

{LOZ} 1 taṉiyiṉ TT, G1; tamiyaṉ RK, SAv; tamiyaṉiṉ RK
{LOZ} 2 mūryā teṉṉa naṇinaṇi yotuṅki RK; mūryā teṉṉa nīraṇi yotuṅki RKv, SAv, EC; mūryā toṉṟu naṇinaṇi yotuṅki TT, G1; nummūr yāteṉṟuṉṉi naṉiyo tuṅki RKv, SAv
{LOZ} 4 yutirnta G1; yukirnta TT[FNote_147]; yutirtta RK
{LOZ} 6 tāḻai vēraḷai vīḻtuṇai RK; ña++ḻa veḷai +īḻ+uṉai TT; __ṉaiḻai veḷai vīḻtuṇaik kiṭūu G1
{LOZ} 7 malavaṟ RK; malaṟ TT
{LOZ} 7 ṟammeṉa TT, G1, RKv, SAv; ṟituveṉa RK
{LOZ} 8 neñcamoṭu RK; neñcammoṭu TT
{LOZ} 9 yutukkāṇ TT, G1, RK; yuvakkāṇ RKv, SAv, EC
{LOZ} 9f. yiṉṟu | nāmetir RK; yiṉ++ ++tir TT
{LOZ} 11 tuṇikuvaṉ RK; tuṇitavaṉ TT, G1
{LOZ} 11 vuṭaiyaṉ RK; vuṭai++ṉ TT
{LOZ} 12 ṉeṭuṅkōṭṭu maṟaikō RK; ṭuṅkoṭṭu maṟaito G1
{LOZ} 13 vamma tōḻi TT, G1, RK; vamma vāḻi RKv, SAv; vammā varivai RKv, SAv, EC
{{/Critical Apparatus}}

{{Word-for-word Gloss}}

1. chariot distance rejected solitude{X}iṉ{/X} come your(pl.)-
2. village what say(inf.?) nearness nearness walked
3. former day gone- ghat-he yesterday
4. widen- leaf Nāval-tree eat-/collyrium ghat dropped-
5. ripe-fruit beauty be-wasted(inf.) bent taken together 5
6. Tāḻai-tree root hole descend- companion(dat.) placing-
7. crab shown good share-it-we(?)[FNote_148] say
8. thought- heart-with long-it he-moved{X}ē{/X}
9. yonder-it see(ipt.) appearing- chariot{X}ē{/X} today
10. we receive-not-we if self it 10
11. he-resolves similar-not-he shame{X}um{/X} become-much(inf.) possess-he
12. white sand long horn- I-hide{X}ō{/X}
13. {X}amma{/X} friend talk(ipt.) you{X}ē{/X}.

{{Readable Translation}}

• The man from the ghat who on a former day abandoned
• [his] chariot, came alone, passed by very near
• [with the words] "which [is] your village?" [and then] went,
• yesterday he came back for longer, with a heart that thought:
• "we share its good fate(?)", pointing out the crab,
• that placed for [its] mate, descended into the hole in the Tāḻai roots,
• dragging [it] along with taking [it][FNote_149], so that [its] beauty was spoiled, a ripe fruit
• that had dropped into the drinking ghat from the broad-leaved Nāval tree.
• Look there! The chariot appears. Today,
• if we don't receive [him], it seems
• he himself will not resolve on it, possessing [too] much shame too.
• Shall I hide behind the long peaks of white sand?
• Alas, friend, you talk [to him.]