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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paṭalāṟṟā paita luḻakkuṅ kaṭalāṟṟāk / kāmanōy ceytaveṉ kaṇ.
“The eye that wrought me more than sea could hold of woes, / Is suffering pangs that banish all repose.”
“My Eyes which have brought on me this anguish vaster than the ocean, now pine away with grief and cannot even lay themselves to sleep.”
The eyes that made me a love-grief the sea is not big enough to hold are churning in it now, and cannot close.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கடல் ஆற்றாக் காமநோய் செய்த என்கண்= எனக்குக்கடலும் சிறிதாகும்வண்ணம் பெரிதாய காமநோயைச் செய்த என்கண்கள்; படல் ஆற்றாப் பைதல் உழக்கும்= அத்தீவினையாற் தாமும் துயில்கிலவாய்த் துன்பத்தையும் உழவாநின்றன.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
My eyes created for me a torment vaster than the ocean; now, unable to close in sleep, they too are tossed helplessly in the tempest they unleashed.