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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uḻantuḻan tuṇṇī raṟuka viḻaintiḻaintu / vēṇṭi yavarkkaṇṭa kaṇ.
“Aching, aching, let those exhaust their stream, / That melting, melting, that day gazed on him.”
“Beshrew the eyes that hung upon his form on that day with a passionate, greedy, all-absorbing love! May they dry up to their very roots with pining and repining!”
Let them labour on and on until the water inside them is cut off — those eyes that gazed at him that day, wanting him, melting as they looked.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
விழைந்து விழைந்து வேண்டி அவர்க்கண்ட கண்= விழைந்து உண்ணெகிழ்ந்து, விடாதே அன்று அவரைக் கண்ட கண்கள்; உழந்து உழந்து உள்நீர் அறுக= இன்று இத்துயிலாது அழுங்கலாய துன்பத்தினை, உழந்து உழந்து தம் அகத்துள்ள நீர் அற்றே போக!
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Let the eyes that once drank him in with melt-hearted longing suffer and weep without cease, until every drop of moisture within them is drained away.