Lamenting at Evening
மாலை நேரம் காதலரின் பிரிவை ஒரு போர்க்களமாய் மாற்றித் தாக்குவதாக இரங்குதல். — Twilight (மாலை) arriving like an executioner, intensifying the agony of separation.
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puṉkaṇṇai vāḻi maruṇmālai yeṅkēḷpōl / vaṉkaṇṇa tōniṉ ṟuṇai.
“Thine eye is sad; Hail, doubtful hour of eventide! / Of cruel eye, as is my spouse, is too thy bride?”
“Thou lookest melancholy and pale, O Eventide! Pray, tell me, dear, is thy lover also cruel even as mine?”
Long life to you, bewildering evening — you look stricken yourself. Tell me: is the one who keeps you company as pitiless as mine?
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
மருண்மாலை= மயங்கிய மாலாய்; புன்கண்ணை= நீயும் எம்போலப் புன்கண் உடையாய் இருந்தாய்; நின் துணை எம் கேள் போல் வன்கண்ணதோ= நின் துணையும் எந்துணை போல வன்கண்மையுடையதோ, கூறுவாயாக, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
O dim and brooding twilight, are you as unpitying as my absent beloved? Or are you too pining for a separated lover, fading away just as I do?