Eyes Worn Out with Grief
அன்று அவரைக் காட்டிய என் கண்களே, இன்று அவரைக் காணாது அழுவது ஏன் என்று நொந்துரைத்தல். — Reproaching her own weeping eyes: "You showed him to me first; why weep now?"
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katumeṉat tānōkkit tāmē kaluḻu / mitunakat takka tuṭaittu.
“The eyes that threw such eager glances round erewhile / Are weeping now. Such folly surely claims a smile!”
“They looked on him straightway of their own free will that day, and today they weep of themselves: how they make themselves ridiculous!”
All at once, of themselves, they looked; and now, again of themselves, they sit and weep. There is something in this fit to be laughed at.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
தாம் கதுமென நோக்கித் தாமே கழுலும் இது= இக்கண்கள் அன்று காதலரைத் தாமே விரைந்து நோக்கி இன்றும் தாமே இருந்து அழுகின்ற இது; நகத்தக்கது உடைத்து= நம்மால் சிரிக்கத்தக்க இயல்பினை உடைத்து.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
These eyes rushed to behold him of their own accord, and now they weep of their own accord; there is something truly laughable in this self-inflicted misery.