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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kaṉaviṉā ṉuṇṭākuṅ kāma naṉaviṉā / ṉalkārai nāṭit taraṟku.
“Some pleasure I enjoy when him who loves not me / In waking hours, the vision searches out and makes me see.”
“Dream giveth me all the joys of love: for it bringeth back to me my beloved who refuseth to pity me in my waking state.”
There is joy for me in dream — for it seeks out the man who gives me nothing in waking, and brings him to me.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
நனவினான் நல்காரை நாடித் தரற்கு= நனவின்கண் வந்து தலையளி செய்யாதாரை அவர்சென்றுழி நாடிக்கொண்டுவந்து கனவு தருதலான்; கனவினாற் காமம் உண்டாகும்= அக்கனவின்கண்ணே எனக்கு இன்பம் உண்டாகாநின்றது, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
The dream goes forth to seek the lover who withholds himself in waking, finds him, and delivers him to me; that is why my joy is born of dreams.