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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poruṇmālai yāḷarai yuḷḷi maruṇmālai / māyumeṉ māyā vuyir.
“This darkening eve, my darkling soul must perish utterly; / Remembering him who seeks for wealth, but seeks not me.”
“The life which is yet clinging on to me will soon depart: for eventide recalleth to me the image of him who is mad after wealth.”
Remembering the man whose very nature is the getting of wealth, at this bewildering evening my life, which would not perish, is perishing.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
மாயா என் உயிர்= காதலர் பிரிவைப் பொறுத்து இறந்துபடாதிருந்த என் உயிர்; பொருண்மாலையாளரை உள்ளி மருண்மாலை மாயும்= இன்று பொருள் இயல்பே தமக்கு இயல்பாக உடையவரை நினைந்து, இம்மயங்கும் மாலைக்கண்ணே இறந்துபடாநின்றது, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
My life, which held on through separation until now, ebbs away at this brooding twilight as I dwell endlessly on the cold neglect of him who left for wealth.