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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tanneñcat temmaik kaṭikoṇṭār nāṇārko / lenneñcat tōvā varal.
“Me from his heart he jealously excludes: / Hath he no shame who ceaseless on my heart intrudes?”
“He excludeth me jealously from his heart: is he not ashamed then to show himself ceaselessly in mine?”
He has shut me out of his own heart, keeping guard so I cannot enter. Has he no shame, then, coming into mine without a pause?
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
தந்நெஞ்சத்து எம்மைக் கடிகொண்டார்= தம்முடைய நெஞ்சின்கண்ணே யாம் செல்லாமல் எம்மைக் காவல்கொண்ட காதலர்; எந்நெஞ்சத்து ஓவா வரல் நாணார்கொல்= தாம் எம்முடைய நெஞ்சின்கண் ஒழியாது வருதலை நாணார் கொல்லோ, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
He bars his own heart against me with an unyielding gate, yet enters mine ceaselessly without restraint; does he feel no shame?