AKAM 177

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

ceyalūr iḷampoṉ cāttaṉ koṟṟaṉār
(variant readings: cellūr iḷampon cāttaṉ koṟṟaṉ; uraiyūr iḷampoṉ vāṇikaṉ cattaṉ koṟṟaṉ)

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2006/04/07

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-3) Companion requesting talaivi not to give room to sorrow

(4-6) talaivaṉ will return to adorn tresses with flowers

(7-12) talaivaṉ gone beyond ayiriyāṟu (அயிரியாறு) where peacocks eat the red fruits of balsam pear and make a sound resembling that of a horn used as a trumpet, and is sure to return quickly.

(13-6) The valour of paṇṇaṉ; the tender leaves of mango tree in his garden compared to the complexion of talaivi

(18-20) Talaivaṉ will return quickly to draw figures on the breasts of talaivi on which the goddess of beauty resides.

Colophon(s):

The companion infused firmness into talaimakaḷ who became changed during separation.

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• (Friend!) In the adjacent hill the bamboos beautiful to look at, grow fully (6-7)
• The top of gamboge withers because the sun has learnt to scorch very severely (7)
• in the paths of the desert (8)
• where big boulders seemed to be piled upon one another (9)
• In those paths the black female of the peacock living in the forest, which is in fulnesss of pregnancy (10)
• is partial to the red fruit of the green balsam pear climber (9)
• and makes a sound resembling that of the bugle, on the adjoining banks of ayiri () river (11)
• Though he who has gone beyond that forest (and stayed there for a long time, (exceeding the time-limit set by him for his return) (12)
• he will remember adorning your tresses of five divisions that curl in ringlets (5)
• which have been tied into one knot (5)
• and on which scented oil has been rubbed (4)
• which resembles the big trunk of the big female elephant (4)
• with small eyes, (3)
• with fragrant flowers containing honey (6)
• He will also remember drawing figures in between your yellow spots adding beauty to the body (20),
• which have spread on your beautiful breasts where the goddess of beauty resides (19),
• which have appeared with beauty like buds on your body whose complexion is like that of the tender leaves (18)
• of mango-trees of tall trunks which grow by the side of the cool tanks (17)
• on the north bank of the Kāviri, which belong to paṇṇaṉ (பண்ணன்) wearing warrior's anklets (16).
• He killed in increasing battles the elephants of enemies as huge as mountains (14-5)
• by throwing his victorious lance so that the part resembling leaf loses its previous colour and becomes red as it is soaked in blood (14).
• He will return quickly (13)
• (Therefore) dispel giving room to great solitude (3)
• becoming thin as to lose your old beauty (1)
• and thinking daily (1),
• `My beloved one has not yet returned. What shall I do now ? ! (2)

(தோழி)! காடு இறந்து அகன்றோர் நீடினர் ஆயினும்(12), (நினது) ஐம்பாலில்(5) வெறிமலர் பெய்தலையுமு/(6) நின் வனமுலைத்தா அய(19) சுணங்கிடைத் தொய்யில் வரித்தலையும் நினைந்து(20) வல்லே வருவர்(13); (ஆதலின்) நலம் சிதையச் சா அய்(1) அல்கலும்(1) பெரும்புலம்பு உறுதல் ஓம்புமதி(3).

• .6. காம்பின்.
• .8. னெடியிடை
• .19-20. தாஅய சுணங்க்கடை விரிந்த நின் தொய்யிலை நினைந்தே