AKAM 223

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

pālai pātiya perun katuṅkō

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

2002/07/10

Table of contents (by lines):

(1-3) The companion consoling talaivi

(4-9) Description of the desert region in which talaivaṉ went.

Colophon(s):

The companion consoled the talaimakaḷ who became changed in mind during separation.

Syntactical link:

see below

Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

see below

Notes:

see below

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• Friend ! May you live long (3)
• Do not get immersed in grief (3)
• thinking our lover will forget us and stay there, having the strength of mind to part from us (1)
• and has left us (1)
• Our lover has crossed (9)
• the long desert region which is devoid of water and has tooth brush trees which have no shade (8)
• where the big boulders (5)
• on which the branches of coral tree of ripe bud (5)
• and raw long fruits with stem which resemble in shape the bending tooth (4)
• of the boar (3)
• appear like an elephant in the forest (16)
• surrounded by fire (7)
• which is kindled by the wind of very high velocity, makes one wonder-struck. How can our lover (9)
• get sleep staying there and forgetting us (10).
• He slept on your tresses which were washed (16)
• and adorned with the cool and fragrant garlands made of blue nelumbo flowers (14)
• together with the wild jasmine flowers which grow in the caves (14),
• having completely combed that curly round of minute black colour which resembles the swarms of tumpi (a kind of bee) (12-13)
• and falls low on the back, (10)
• and rests on your shoulders resembling bamboo (11)

தோழி! வாழி! (3) நத்துறந்தோர்(1) மறந்தும் அமைகுவர் கொல் என்று எண்ணி(2) ஆழல்(3); (நம்) காதலர்(9) நீர் இல் நீளிடை(8) இறந்தனராயினும்(9) நின்(15) மண் ஆர் கூந்தல் மரீ இய துயில்(16) மறந்து கண்படுதல் யாவது(10)?

• .1. வல்லியரதுநத்.
• .4. நெடும்பொங்கர்.
• .6. வெங்கட்.
• .13. நுண்டுக் லிடங்க; பையுள்கெடு.
• .15. கமழ் தொடர்.

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NOTES

(The boulder which is covered by red flowers of coral tree is compared to an elephant surrounded by fire)

(The reading அழல் பொழி யானையின் is not correct; அழல் பொதியானையின் is the correct reading)