The Pallor of Longing
பிரிவால் உடலில் படரும் பசலை நிறம் தன் துயரத்தை ஊருக்குக் காட்டிவிட்டதே எனக் குமுறுதல். — Lamenting the sorrowful pallor (பசலை) spreading on her skin, revealing her inner hurt.
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pullik kiṭantēṉ puṭaipeyarntē ṉavvaḷavi / laḷḷikkoḷ vaṟṟē pacappu.
“I lay in his embrace, I turned unwittingly; / Forthwith this hue, as you might grasp it, came on me.”
“I lay in his embrace: I then left him for a while, and behold, pallor swallowed me up, as it were!”
I was lying in his arms and I shifted a little to one side, meaning nothing by it; in that much of a gap the pallor came over me, the way loose grain is scooped up in both hands and poured.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
புல்லிக்கிடந்தேன், புடைபெயர்ந்தேன்= முன்ஒருஞான்று காதலரைப் புல்லிக்கிடந்த யான் அறியாது புடைபெயர்ந்தேன்; அவ்வளவில் பசப்பு அள்ளிக்கொள்வற்றே= அப்புடைபெயர்ந்த அளவிலே பசப்பு அள்ளிக்கொள்வதுபோல வந்து செறிந்தது, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
I lay resting in his embrace and merely shifted an inch aside; in that tiny gap, pallor rushed over me as if poured out by the handful.