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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viṭāatu ceṉṟāraik kaṇṇiṉāṟ kāṇap / paṭāati vāḻi mati.
“Set not; so may'st thou prosper, moon! that eyes may see / My love who went away, but ever bides with me.”
“O Moon! set not in the horizon, I pray thee, till my eyes look again upon him who, abiding still within my heart, hath yet parted from me.”
Long life to you, O moon — only do not set, so that my eyes may still find the one who left, yet has never left my heart.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
மதி வாழி= மதியே; விடாஅது சென்றாரைக் கண்ணினால் காணப் படாஅதி= என் நெஞ்சின் இடைவிடாதிருந்தே விட்டுப்போயினாரை, யான் என் கண்ணளவாயினும் எதிர்ப்படும்வகை நீ படாது ஒழிவாயாக, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Long life to you, O moon; linger in the sky without setting, so that my seeking eyes may yet behold the lover who left me in body but never departed from my heart.