AKAM 235

Tiṇai:

pālai

Author:

Kaḻārkkīraṉ eyiṟṟiyār

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V. M. Subramanya Ayyar (1975) [IFP, unpublished]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

Date of last revision:

2004/09/22

Table of contents (by lines):

(4-6) The clouds raining again at the end of winter.

(7-15) Many flowers blossoming in the winter and the description of the chill northern wind.

Colophon(s):

Talaimakaḷ who became changed during parting, told her friend when her ability to bear the separation went out of control

Syntactical link:

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Difficult words:

see below

Variant readings:

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Notes::

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• Friend ! May you live long ! Please listen to what I say (1)
• The sable clouds which drew the sea-water having poured down, start their journey towards the mountains (5)
• having disliked raining after having made the earth which yields many products, soft (4).
• They again rise above like sponge, stay in the sky and rain scattered showers (6)
• The white species of gloriosa superba flowers of beautiful petals, raised by the northern wind (7),
• blossom out, losing their twisted state like the flame in the hollow earthern lamp (8);
• the big flowers of leather berried birdweed which bloom out from the sprilling buds (9)
• adorn the green bush like the stars that adorn the sky (10);
• the crabs hide themselves in the holes in the earth (11);
• the big and thick stemmed flowers of the sugar-cane which shoot from the cane and blossom out (12)
• in the broad fields (11)
• having become wet like the cranes which have become drenched and wet in the rain become wet and bent (13)
• The ill-natured northern wind which blows in conjunction with dew (15)
• creates fear with great and severe anger (14),
• makes us pine with sorrow in the evening which is difficult to distinguish whether it is day or night, as our husband who does not care to enquire, ``What became of her whose former beauty has been lost and who became thin (18-19)
• with the sallow colour which neighbours can easily see and which stays in the forehead (17),
• '' will he not think of us as he has set his heart on acquiring wealth ? (1-2)
• or, though he may think of us, has he forgotten us as he had too much work on hand (2-3)?

தோழி! வாழி(1); பண்பு இல் வாடை(15) மாலையொடு அருளின்றி நலிய(16), என்னள் கொல்! அளியள்' என்னா தோர் ஆதலின்(19) (நம்) காதலர் நம்மை) உள்ளான் கொல்லோ(2)? உள்ளியும்(2) சிறந்த செய்தியின் மறந்தனர் கொல்லோ(3)? மழை(5) பொங்குடி துளிப்ப(6), தோன்றி(7) சுடரின் பிணி அவிழ(8), முசுண்டை வான்பூ(9) புதல் அணிய(10), களவன் மண்ணளைச் செறிய(11), கரும்பிபூ(12) ஈரிய குரங்க(13), சிவப்பொடு நாமம் தோற்றிப்(14) பனிகடி கொண்ட வாடை(15).

• : கள்வன்; அகல் வயிற்.
• .14. நாமம் தோன்றி.
• .16. அருளின்று

குழைய

- to become soft.

கொண்டல்

having drawn the water from the sea.

பொங்குடி

- having risen like sponge on like silk cotton

துளிப்ப

- to rain scattered showers.

தொன்னலம்

- former beauty

முனிந்து

- having disliked.

அகல்

- hollow earthern lamp.

சுடர்

- flame

சுருங்கு

- shrunken

சுரி முகிழ்

- spiralling bud.

பொதியவிழி

- to unfold, blossom out

சிதைய

- to get spoiled.

சாஅய்

- having become thin.

I have translated the adverbial participles in ll. 6, 8, 10, 11, 13 as finite verbs for convenience.