Setting Reserve Aside
மடலேறுதல்: காதலின் ஆற்றாமை மிகுதியால் நாணம் துறந்து ஊரறிய அறிவிக்கத் துணிதல். — The desperate resolve to mount the palmyra chariot (மடல்), abandoning false modesty.
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toṭalaik kuṟuntoṭi tantāṇ maṭaloṭu / mālai yuḻakkun tuyar.
“The maid that slender armlets wears, like flowers entwined, / Has brought me 'horse of palm,' and pangs of eventide!”
“This fair one who weareth tiny bracelets and who is tender as a flower, it is she that hath given me the palm-stalk and the anguish of eventide.”
She of garland-like bangles gave me both the anguish of dusk and the refuge of the madal.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
மாலை உழக்கும் துயர் மடலொடு= மாலைப் பொழுதின்கண் அனுபவிக்கும் துயரினையும், அதற்கு மருந்தாய மடலினையும் முன்னறியேன்; தொடலைக் குறுந்தொடி தந்தாள்= இதுபொழுது, எனக்கு மாலைபோலத் தொடர்ந்த சிறுவளையினை உடையாள் தந்தாள்.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
This maiden of garland-linked bangles has bestowed upon me both the agonizing loneliness of dusk and the desperate refuge of the palmyra horse.