Pining and Complaint
பிரிவின் துயர் தாளாமல் மறைக்க முயன்றும் நெஞ்சம் வெடித்து அழுதல். — Trying in vain to hide the sea of longing that overflows her heart.
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karattalu māṟṟēṉin nōyainōy ceytārk / kuraittalu nāṇut tarum.
“I cannot hide this pain of mine, yet shame restrains / When I would tell it out to him who caused my pains.”
“To conceal my grief is now beyond me: but as to disclosing it, I should feel it a shame to speak of it even to him that caused it.”
I have not the strength left to hide this sickness. And telling it to the man who caused it brings its own restraint down on me. Both doors are shut.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
இந்நோயைக் கரத்தலும் ஆற்றேன்= இந்நோயை ஈண்டையார் அறியாமல் மறைத்தலும் வல்லேன் ஆகின்றிலேன்; நோய் செய்தவர்க்கு உரைத்தலும் நாணுத்தரும்= ஆகாக்கால், நோய்செய்தார்க்கு உரைக்கவெனின், அதுவும் எனக்கு நாணினைத் தாராநின்றது, இனி என்செய்கோ?
Source: Tamil Wikisource
I lack the strength to conceal this affliction from those around me, yet confessing it directly to the lover who caused it brings acute shame; what path is left for me?