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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naṉaveṉa voṉṟillai yāyiṟ kaṉaviṉāṟ / kātalar nīṅkalar maṉ.
“And if there were no waking hour, my love / In dreams would never from my side remove.”
“Oh that there were no waking state! For then my dream would never be cut short and my beloved would never depart from me.”
If only there were no such thing as waking — the lover who comes in my dream would never leave me.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
நனவென ஒன்று இல்லையாயின்= நனவு என்று சொல்லப்படுகின்ற ஒரு பாவி இல்லையாயின்; கனவினாற் காதலர் நீங்கலர்மன்= கனவின்கண் வந்துகூடிய காதலர் என்னைப் பிரியார், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
If that wretched intruder called waking did not exist, the lover who joined me in my dream would never have parted from me.