Akam (185)

Tiṇai:: pālai
Author:: pālai pāṭiya peruṅkaṭuṅkō
Translation:: V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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:: 2005/02/14
Table of contents (by lines):: (1-3) talaimakal losing her beauty on account of parting; (4-6) talaivaṉ is hard hearted to stay in a strange place, like a person who has a life as strong as iron; (6-8) The splitting bamboos making a sound like that of an arrow discharged from a bow; (9-13) In summer the peaks are completely dried up; the red-flowerd silk-cotton tree which has blossomed without a single leaf resembles the row of lamps in the big festival of lamps.
Colophon(s):: Talaimakaḷ who became changed during separation spoke to her companion
Syntactical link:: see below
Difficult words:: see below
Variant readings:: see below
Notes:: see below

Our talaivar crossed the big mountain which has an adjoining hill which stands tall (13)
There the withered long bamboo (6)
which has upward-looking shafts and seeds (6)
makes a noise and splits quickly like the speed of the arrow discharged from the bows by warriors making a bustle (7).
In the forest which was scorched by summer (9)
and which has got a great expanse of hot pebbles which have completely lost their greenness (8)
the clouds have ceased raining (9)
and as a result of that there are not streams on the high peaks (10)
In those peaks all the red-flowered silk-cotton tree have blossomed without a single leaf (11-2)
like the row of lamps in the big festival (of lamps) (11)
Our lover has the strength of mind to decide to stay in the strange place like one who has a sweet life as strong as iron,
and has left us to remain here with a heart completely prostrate, and to make our shoulders which wear choice jewels and have appreciable beauty like bamboo,
become thin so that the bright bangles become slip off and lose their great beauty

மலை இறந்தோர்(13) (ஆகிய) நம் காதலர்(5) பணைத்தோர்(2) சாஅய்ச்(1) கவின் அழிய(2) நத்துறந்து(3) இரும்பின் இன்னுயிர் உடையோர் போல(4) வலித்து வல்லினர்(5).