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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maṟṟiyā ṉeṉṉuḷēṉ maṉṉō vavaroṭiyā / ṉuṟṟanā ḷuḷḷa vuḷēṉ.
“How live I yet? I live to ponder o'er / The days of bliss with him that are no more.”
“It is but the recollection of our union that keepeth me alive yet: what else of life is there in me?”
How else would I be alive at all? I live because I hold within me the days I lived with him.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
யான் அவரோடு உற்றநாள் உள்ள உளேன்= யான் அவரோடு புணர்ந்தஞான்றை இன்பத்தை நினைதலான் இத்துன்ப வெள்ளத்தும் உயிர்வாழ்கின்றேன்; மற்று யான் என்னுளேன்= அது இன்றாயின், வேறு எத்தால் உயிர்வாழ்வேன், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
I survive amidst this flood of sorrow only by remembering the joyful days spent joined with him; by what else could I endure?