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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uḷḷampōṉ ṟuḷvaḻic celkiṟpiṉ veḷḷanīr / nīntala maṉṉōveṉ kaṇ.
“When eye of mine would as my soul go forth to him, / It knows not how through floods of its own tears to swim.”
“If my eyes can run, even as my heart runneth, to where he is, they need not now be swimming in a sea of tears.”
If my eyes could travel the way the mind travels, to the place where he is, they would not be swimming in this flood of their own water.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
உள்ளம்போன்று உள்வழிச் செல்கிற்பின்= மனம்போலக் காதலர் உள்ள தேயத்துக் கடிதின் செல்லவல்லனவாயின்; என்கண் வெள்ளநீர் நீந்தல மன்னோ= என் கண்கள் இங்ஙனம் வெள்ளமாகிய தந்நீரை நீந்தா.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
If my eyes could speed to where my beloved dwells as effortlessly as my thoughts do, they would not be left swimming in the flood of tears they have themselves shed.