The Visions of the Night
விழித்திருக்கையில் வராத காதலர் கனவில் வந்து ஆறுதல் தருவதைத் தோழிக்கு உரைத்தல். — Praising dreams: "He who visits not by day comes tenderly in my sleep."
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naṉaviṉā ṉalkā tavaraik kaṉaviṉāṟ / kāṇṭali ṉuṇṭeṉ ṉuyir.
“Him, who in waking hour no kindness shows, / In dreams I see; and so my lifetime goes!”
“If I am able to support life yet it is only because I see him in dreams who showeth not his face in waking hours.”
He grants me nothing in my waking hours; my life holds on by the sight of him in dream.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
நனவினான் நல்காதவரை= நனவின்கண் வந்து தலையளி செய்யாதாரை; கனவினாற் காண்டலின் என் உயிர் உண்டு= யான் கனவின்கட் கண்ட காட்சியானே என் உயிருண்டாகாநின்றது, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Though he never comes to show me love in waking hours, it is the repeated vision of him in my dreams that sustains my very life.