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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kaṇṇiṉ pacappō paruvara leytiṉṟē / yoṇṇutal ceytatu kaṇṭu.
“The dimness of her eye felt sorrow now, / Beholding what was done by that bright brow.”
“Did the eyes grow pale only? They wept also at seeing the pallor of the fair forehead above.”
Was it only the eyes that lost their colour? That pallor came to grief itself, at the sight of what the bright forehead beside it had gone and done.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கண்ணின் பசப்போ பருவரல் எய்தின்று= தண்வளி போழவந்த கண்ணின் பசப்புத் துன்பம் உற்றது; ஒ்ணணுதல் செய்தது கண்டு= தனக்கு அயலாய ஒண்ணுநல் விளைத்த பசப்பைக்கண்டு, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
The shadow of grief that fell across her eyes when the cool breeze parted us pined in sorrow at the deeper pallor that spread across her radiant brow.