AKAM 219

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

Kayamaṉār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2005/02/10

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-9) The lament of the foster-mother

(11-18) The description of pālai in which talaivi went

Colophon(s):

The mother who was the cause for her daughter to elope with her lover, said lamentingly.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

see below

• (If my daughter) walks in the great broad and famous mansion to make her anklets shine and plays throwing ball with her group of playmates for a little while (2)
• I would praise her by saying `Please come" (3)
• and would make her drink milk in a cup which is overflowing to the brim which resembles the white indian jalap flower of big leaves which is of dew (4),
• entreating her, `If you have drunk my portion, you drink the portion for the satisfaction of your father" (6-7)
• and thus brought up her from her birth celebrating all special festivities (8)
• and she is now a young girl wearing golden bangles, and I praised her charms (9)
• she went with a virtueless youth, now (10).
• I do not feel sorry with a mind that could not forget it and have peace of mind
• The male of the spotted deer being frightened by the brown-coloured wild dog (13)
• which has sharp and white teeth which resemble long-drawn golden wire (12)
• (think as its protection) the sweet sound produced by the hot western wind as it passes through the holes in colourless shells of fruits (15)
• of wood-apple of rough cracked trunk (14)
• as the music played on the flute (16)
• by cowherds and goes there (15)
• My daughter went walking (18)
• in that long path devoid of water (16),
• to make her youthful beauty diminish and become thinned (17).
• I feel sad (18)
• only whether she would be able to walk in the place (18)

யான்(8) நலம்புனைந்து எடுத்த குறுமகள்(9) அறனிலாளனொடு இனி இறந்தனள் என(10) நெஞ்சம் நோவேன்(11); நீர் இல் நீளிடை(16) மெலியச் சா அய்(17) நடக்கும் கொல் என யான் நோவல்(18).

• .8. பிறந்ததற் கொன்றும்

In the Kaḻakam edition பொரியரை has been printed as பொறியரை it is definitely a mistake: cf. "பொரிதான் வினவினை (nālatiyār. 261. l.2)