AKAM 050

Tiṇai:

neytal

Author:

Karuvūrppūtañcattaṉār
(variant reading: Karuvūrppūtāṉār makaṉār Koṟṟaṉār)

Translation:

V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]

Original MS location:

IFP Library [TA LIT-CL 180 (1)(2)(3)]

Original data entry (VYAPTI format):

Ramya (1999-2000, IFP)

HTML conversion, text revising & editing:

jlc

Date of last revision:

2002/10/07

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-6) talaivaṉ's frequent visits.

(7-14) Requesting bard to go to the place of talaivaṉ and inform him about the sorrow of talaivi.

Colophon(s):

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

see below

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• Oh! bard! When the sea completely stops its roaring and becomes silent and when boats are not put to sea (1)
• then the shark and other fish roam about arrogant,
• in the dark backwater of great depth. (2)
• The mouth of cruel ladies spread words of scandal. (3)
• Even at those times the chief of the cool maritime tract used to visit us frequently (6)
• (not to be speak of nights) when his tall chariot of beautiful (ornamentations) (4)
• used to stay for a long time, without parting from us in daytime too, formerly (5).
• It has gone (6)
• Now, the talaivaṉ who is without that rare love that he had during clandestine love (களவு) to have union with us, (7)
• has completely stopped coming, (8)
• crossing over from the place to which he has gone. (7)
• Without thinking how he is related to us, (8)
• the talaivi with a bright forehead (14)
• conceals her unbearableness from being known to others with her eyes filled with tears, (13)
• by telling to herself, (12)
• `My mind! At night (10)
• in the palmyra tree adjoining our house the anṟil-s (அன்றில்கள்) of bending beaks (which are united), (11)
• do not sleep even if one of them is separated, for a little while, from the other. (12)
• If you go to the ancient place of fertility, without being seen by anyone (9)
• and tell the talaivaṉ, `What shall I do (for the sleeplessness of aṉṟils?') (14) what harm is there? (10)

பாண(10)! சேர்ப்பன்(6) கடுமீன் கலிப்பினும்(2), கவ்வைதூற்றினும்(3), பாணி நிற்பப்(4) பகலினும் அகலானாகிப்(5) பயின்று வரும்மன்(6); இனி(7) (அவன்பால்) மறையினைசென்று(9) அரிவை(14); துஞ்சாகாண்' எனச்(12) (சொல்லிக்) கரக்கும்(13); "யான் எவன் செய்கோ! எனச்(14) சொல்லின் எவனோ(10)? தனிப்ப நீந்தி(7) வாரா தோர்யார் என்னாது(8) கண்நிறை நீர்கொடு கரக்கும்(13); மறையினை சென்று(9) சொல்லின் எவனோ(10)?

• .7. நீங்கி.
• .11. மடல்வாய்.

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