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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kālai yarumpip pakalellām pōtāki / mālai malarumin nōy.
“My grief at morn a bud, all day an opening flower, / Full-blown expands in evening hour.”
“This sickness buddeth in the morning, goeth on opening its petals the livelong day, and standeth full-blown at eventide.”
This affliction buds at daybreak, thickens into a full bud through the whole of the day, and comes into flower at evening.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
இந்நோய்= இக்காமநோயாகிய பூ; காலை அரும்பி= காலைப்பொழுதின்கண் அரும்பி; பகல் எல்லாம் போதாகி= பகற்பொழுதெல்லாம் பேர்அரும்பாய் முதிர்ந்து; மாலைமலரும்= மாலைப்பொழுதின்கண் மலராநிற்கும், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
The grief of longing opens as a fragile bud at dawn, swells and ripens through the daytime hours, and bursts into full, bitter bloom at dusk.