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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eṉaittu niṉaippiṉuṅ kāyā raṉaittaṉṟō / kātalar ceyyuñ ciṟappu.
“My frequent thought no wrath excites. It is not so? / This honour doth my love on me bestow.”
“How often soever I recall my beloved to my mind he will not be wroth with me: so much is the favour that my beloved bestoweth upon me!”
However much I think of him, he is never angry at it. Is that not the whole favour my beloved grants me?
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
எனைத்து நினைப்பினும் காயார்= தம்மை யான் எத்துணையும் மிகநினைந்தாலும் அதற்கு வெகுளார்; காதலர் செய்யும் சிறப்பு அனைத்து அன்றோ= காதலர் எனக்குச் செய்யும் இன்பமாவது அவ்வளவன்றோ, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
No matter how constantly I dwell on him in thought, he takes no offense; even without showing mercy, his refusing to be angry is the whole favour he grants me.