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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peyalāṟṟā nīrulanta vuṇka ṇuyalāṟṟā / vuyviṉō yeṉka ṇiṟuttu.
“Those eyes have wept till all the fount of tears is dry, / That brought upon me pain that knows no remedy.”
“After bequeathing to me the incurable grief that consumeth me, my Eyes have now dried up, having exhausted their store of tears.”
Having set standing in me a grief there is no living through and no getting free of, my dark eyes have run so dry that they cannot even rain.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
உண்கண்= உண்கண்கள்; உயல் ஆ்ற்றா உய்வுஇல் நோய் என்கண் நிறுத்து= அன்று யான் உய்யமாட்டாமைக்கு ஏதுவாய ஒழிவில்லாத நோயை என்கண்ணே நிறுத்தி; பெயலாற்றா நீர் உலந்த= தாமும் அழுதலைமாட்டாவண்ணம் நீர் வற்றிவிட்டன.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Having plunged me into an inescapable affliction from which I cannot recover, my eyes have wept so endlessly that their very tears have run completely dry.