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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ōo viṉitē yemakkinnōy ceytakaṇ / ṭāa mitaṟpaṭ ṭatu.
“Oho! how sweet a thing to see! the eye / That wrought this pain, in the same gulf doth lie.”
“Oh, it is a sweet revenge to me that the Eyes that caused me this sorrow are victims themselves to the selfsame anguish!”
Oh, but this is sweet — the very eyes that made this grief for me have now fallen into it themselves.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
எமக்கு இந்நோய் செய்த கண் தாஅம் இதற்படடது= எமக்கு இக்காமநோயினைச் செய்த கண்கள் தாமும், இத்துயிலாது அழுதற்கண்ணேபட்டது; ஓஒ இனிதே= மிகவும் இனிதாயிற்று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
How delightfully fitting it is that the very eyes which inflicted this anguish upon me are now trapped in their own sleepless torment!