Speaking with the Heart
தன் துயரத்தை உணராமல் காதலரிடமே மீண்டும் மீண்டும் ஓடும் தன் நெஞ்சைக் கடிந்துரைத்தல். — Rebuking her own foolish heart for constantly running back to the very one who caused pain.
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ceṟṟār eṉakkai viṭaluṇṭō neñcēyām / uṟṟāl uṟā'a tavar
“O heart, as a foe, can I abandon utterly / Him who, though I long for him, longs not for me?”
“Though he spurneth us in spite of our cleaving unto him, can we give him up as an enemy, my Heart?”
Heart, have we it in us to call him an enemy and let him go — the man who does not draw near, though we do?
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
நெஞ்சே= நெஞ்சே!; யாம் உற்றால் உறாஅதவர்= யாம் நம்மையுறத் தாமுறாத நம் காதலரை; செற்றார் எனக் கைவிடல் உண்டோ= வெறுத்தார் என்று கருதிப் புலந்து கைவிட்டிருக்கும் வலி நமக்கு உண்டோ, இல்லை, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Though we love him, he does not return our love; yet do we possess the strength to turn away, forsake him, and live without him?