AKAM 102

Tiṇai:

Kuṟiñci

Author:

maturai iḷampālāciriyaṉ cēntaṅ kūttaṉ
(variant reading : 1. maturaippālaciriyaṉ, cēṉaṅkūttaṉ)

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2002/08/25

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-9) Elephant going to sleep on hearing the song of the woman of the hilly tract who kept guard our millet farm

(10-15) talaivaṉ coming at night and departing after having union with the talaivi:

(16-19) The reason for the forehead turning sallow inexplicable.

Colophon(s):

The talaimakal spoke to the companion as if she was speaking to her so as to be heard by talaimakaṉ who was standing outside the fence at night at the appointed secret place.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

see below

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• Companion (15)!
• The chief of that tract of country where the young male elephant desirous of valour goes fast asleep (9),
• its eyes which were wide open and did not get before sleep, having become closed and gone to sleep neither moving from where it stood nor eating the ears of millet (தினை) (7)
• for which it came (7)
• on hearing the specific melody type of (பண்) kuṟiñci (குறிஞ்சி) which was being sung (6)
• by the woman of the hilly tract (5)
• in the adjoining big mountain, (6)
• having adjusted her thriving and long tresses and dressing them by (5)
• drawing the fingers through them, (4)
• when the wind that was blowing gently and slowly, was drying the black tresses spread out (4),
• on which scented oil was rubbed (3)
• The hunter, (2)
• strong as a lion having a mane (1)
• was forgetful under the influence of liquor which he consumed and was seated in the high watchtower in the big millet farm (2);
• (That chief), having adorned his chest with a garland, his head with caplets made of flowers and holding a lance in his right hand (11)
• entered into the house slowly (13)
• having stayed near the door which was not fastened by a blot (13)
• being careful lest he should be detected by the guards (12);
• when the bees with sweetness (15),
• yet, as he has not bestowed his love on me today. (16)
• What is the cause for the appearance of sallowness in the bright forehead which is surrounded by black treses (19),
• worthy of admiration (18)
• and, for the women who indulge in scandalous talk (17-18)
• simultaneously ?

தோழி! கானவன் பிழி மகிழ்ந்து வதிந்தென(2); கொடிச்சி(5) குறிஞ்சிபாடக்(6); களிறு(9) பாடுபொற்று(8) உறங்கும் நாடன்(9) முயங்கித் தோன்மணந்து(14) இன்சொல் அளை இப் பெயர்ந்தனன்(15); இன்று அவன்(16) நல்காமையின் அம்பலாகி(17) நுதலிடத்துப் பசப்பை(19) எவன் கொல் கண்டிகும்(16)?

• no variant reading in the poem.

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