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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muyakkiṭait taṇvaḷi pōḻap pacappuṟṟa / pētai perumaḻaik kaṇ.
“As we embraced a breath of wind found entrance there; / The maid's large liquid eyes were dimmed with care.”
“But a single breath of wind cut its way between us during our embrace, and the blood fled at once from her large eyes that are full even as the rain-cloud.”
A thread of cool air found its way between us while we were holding each other, and that was enough: the great rain-dark eyes of that trusting girl lost their colour.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
முயக்கிடைத் தண்வளி போழ= அங்ஙனம் கைகளை ஊக்குதலான் அம்முயக்கிடையே சிறுகாற்று நுழைந்ததாக; பேதை பெருமழைக்கண் பசப்புற்ற= அத்துணை இடையீடும் பொறாது, பேதையுடைய பெரிய மழைக்கண்கள் பசப்புற்றன; அத்தன்மையவான கண்கள் மலைகளும், காடும், நாடுமாய இவ்விடையீடுகளை எல்லாம் யாங்ஙனம் பொறுத்தன, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
When the faintest breath of air slipped between us her dark eyes saddened; how then can those tender eyes endure the mountains and forests that now divide us?