The Wasting Away
மெலிந்த கைகளில் இருந்து வளையல்கள் நழுவுவதைக் கண்டு தோழியிடம் வாடுதல். — Her bracelets slipping loose from wasted arms as separation drains her vitality.
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taṇantamai cāla vaṟivippa pōlu / maṇantanāḷ vīṅkiya tōḷ.
“These withered arms, desertion's pangs abundantly display, / That swelled with joy on that glad nuptial day.”
“The arms that swelled with joy on the nuptial day now look as if they would proclaim his parting to all the world.”
Your shoulders, which filled out with happiness on the day he married you, are wasting now as though to make his parting fully known.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
மணந்த நாள் வீங்கிய தோள்= காதலர் மணந்த ஞான்று இன்பம் மிகுதியாற் பூரித்த நின்தோள்கள்; தணந்தமை சால அறிவிப்ப போலும்= இன்று அவர் பிரிந்தமையை விளங்க உணர்த்துவபோல மெலியாநின்றன, இது தகாது, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
The very shoulders that swelled with joy on your wedding day now waste away, publishing to everyone the bitter truth of his departure.