Sad Remembrance
காதலரின் நினைவுகள் அமுதமாய் இனிப்பதும், நேரில் இல்லாமை நஞ்சாய் வாட்டுவதும். — Sweet memory turning bitter in physical absence: "Does he remember me as I remember him?"
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niṉaippavar pōṉṟu niṉaiyārko ṟummal / ciṉaippatu pōṉṟu keṭum.
“A fit of sneezing threatened, but it passed away; / He seemed to think of me, but do his fancies stray?”
“I was about to sneeze, but the fit passed away: is it that he was about to think of me but did not?”
A sneeze rose in me as if it would come, and then it died away. Is he, in the same way, only seeming to think of me, and then not thinking at all?
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
தும்மல் சினைப்பது போன்று கெடும்= எனக்குத் தும்மல் எழுவது போன்று தோன்றிக் கெடாநின்றது; நினைப்பவர் போன்று நினையார்கொல்= அதனாற் காதலர் என்னைநினைப்பார் போன்று நினையார் ஆகல்வேண்டும், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
A sneeze arose in my nostrils and died away without coming forth; did my beloved likewise begin to think of me, only to hold back his thought?