Akam (079)

Tiṇai:: pālai
Author:: Kuṭavāyiṟ kīrattaṉār
Translation:: V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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)
Date of last revision:: 2005/03/07
Table of contents (by lines):: (1-8) The dust raised by the herd of cows in the evening; (9-11) talaivaṉ regretting his mind's choice; (11-17) The description of the desert region.
Colophon(s):: the talaimakaṉ who went for acquiring wealth spoke to his mind in the middle of the desert
Syntactical link:: see below
Difficult words:: see below
Variant readings:: see below
Notes:: see below

My heart! May you live long! (11)
In the broad forest (9)
the colourful dust raised by the hoofs of red coloured cows belonging to Koṅkar (கொங்கர்) in the red soil (5-7)
forming a herd and wearing clinking bells [??that spoing in the much??](MS UNREADABLE) of the saltish wells go with erect head to drink water near the place where hard ground had been broken (4)
which has been dug by cutting rocks (3)
for sparks of fire to rise (2)
and by digging the stones by the strong armed male workers who carried bundles of cooked rice (1)
and who were bent upon their work of digging wells, (2)
appears visible in the broad and big sky increasingly (8).
You who parted from talaivi on account of love of wealth which is transient (16),
by going in the path where stones are to be seen shining (16)
where the female kite (12)
which has white eyes, a bending beak and dark feathers (11)
invites its male for a long time in the never-ending long place (14-5)
where the hunters who have a drum (துடி) of beautiful face, and harsh sound which is produced every time they dance, (13)
and a bent bow, (14)
march into the desert where they besiege their enemies (14).
You did not think of our talaivi also to accompany us (9)
and go in the desert according to the best of our ability (10)
and regret as soon as we came so far and stayed here (10-11)

நெஞ்சே!(11) கல்பிறங்கு அத்தம் போகி(16) நில்லாப் பொருட்பிணிப் பிரிந்த நீ(17) நனந்தலை அழுவம் நம்மொடு (அவள்) துணைப்ப(9), வல்லாங்கு வருந்தினை(11).