AKAM 194

Tiṇai:

mullai

Author:

iṭaikkāṭaṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

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Date of last revision:

2004/09/01

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(1-3) The cultivators ploughing the red soil to bring the lower level of soil up, in the early dawn when there was copious rainfall (4-5)

The seeds that were sown sprouted (6-9)

The cultivators wear a cap on the head with two ends, resembling the horns of a stag and they remove the weeds in the field where common millet grows (10-12)

The long black peacock with a crest cuts with its beak the cloven ears of corn and out of joy spreads its tail of feathers (13-15)

It perches on the wild lime tree (குருந்தமரம்) tree which has not been destroyed as the ploughers have to drink their porridge under its shade (16-19)

This is the rainy season when our beloved one said that he would be returning

Colophon(s):

The talaimakal spoke to the companion, as her ability to bear in creased on seeing the arrival of the season.

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Variant readings:

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Notes:

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• Companion (16)!
• As war started vehemently (16)
• our talaivar clearly affirmed `We shall drive the horses (18)
• with quick gait (17)
• and expanding manes (18)
• which were harnessed to the tall chariots which have ornamental staffs in the form of a lotus, (12)
• and return at a particular season (18)
• The farmers sowed seeds in those long furrows which cleft the red high level ground and which resembled flesh torn into two (4)
• `when at the opportune moment, the red soil has still moisture (3)
• had fertile soil brought to the surface (3)
• had marks of having been ploughed (2)
• in the dawn when darkness had mostly disappeared (1)
• and when there was a heavy downpour of rain (1)
• Almost all the seeds sprouted and put forth leaves (5)
• The farmers working in the grove wear an umbrella-like covering on their heads (7)
• made of palmyra leaves, which has two horn-like pointed ends (6)
• like the herd of stags, and remove the weeds (9)
• by bending (8)
• the plants of common millet which had become ripe in the big farm (9),
• to the accompaniment of drums played at the time (8)
• The long and black peacocks having crest (11)
• catch hold of the forked ears of corn of common millet (6-10)
• and eat the black upper portion (10)
• They spread out their beautiful tails (12)
• and perch upon the curved branches of wild lime tree (குருந்தமரம்) of strong leaves (14)
• which were left to grow undisturbed to afford shade (13)
• for the farmers who plough the forest tract (13)
• when they drink their porridge, (13)
• and calls its flock uttering a sound (15)
• merrily like the women who scare away parrots (15)
• Definitely this is the winter clearly affirmed by him for his return (16)
• Even so, he has not yet returned (16)

தோழி(16)! அவர் வருதும் என்று தெளித்த போழ்து(19) கார் இது மன்(16); வரகின்(9) கதிர் உண்ட(10) தோகை(11) கலவம் பரப்பிக்(12) குருந்தின் சினை இருந்து(14) கிளி கடி மகளிரின் விளிபடப் பயிரும்(15) கார் இது(16).

• .8. இரங்க.
• .9. கணைக்கால் கழீ இய.
• .13. காடுழ வொழித்த.
• .13. பல்லிலைக் குருந்தின்.
• .16. கார் மனிகுளைதோழி.