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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kāmamu nāṇu muyirkāvāt tūṅkumeṉ / ṉōṉā vuṭampi ṉakattu.
“My soul, like porter's pole, within my wearied frame, / Sustains a two-fold burthen poised, of love and shame.”
“At the two ends of the pole which is my life, my two loads of passion and delicacy hang heavy; and this suffering body breaketh under their weight.”
Desire hangs at one end and restraint at the other, and my life is the pole between them — inside a body that has no strength to carry either.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
காமமும் நாணும்= காமநோயும் அதனைச் செய்தவர்க்கு உரைக்கல் ஒல்லாத நாணும்; நோனா என் உடம்பின் அகத்து= தம்மைப் பொறாத என் உடம்பின்கண்ணே; உயிர் காவாத் தூங்கும்= உயிர் காத் தண்டாக அதன் இருதலையினும் தூங்காநின்றன.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Upon the carrying-pole of my life swing love at one end and modest reserve at the other, violently rocking inside a frail body that has no strength to bear either.