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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tuṉṉāt tuṟantārai neñcat tuṭaiyēmā / viṉṉu miḻattuṅ kaviṉ.
“If I should keep in mind the man who utterly renounces me, / My soul must suffer further loss of dignity.”
“If we entertain any longer within our hearts the beloved that hath abandoned us, we shall only waste ourselves away yet further.”
Keep in the heart the man who went away rather than come near, and the grace we still have left will go the way of the grace already gone.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
துன்னாத் துறந்தாரை நெஞ்சத்து உடையேமா= நம்மைக் கூடாவண்ணம் துறந்துபோயினாரை நாம் நம் அகத்து உடையேமாக; இன்னும்கவின் இழத்தும்= முன் இழந்த புறக்கவினேயன்றி நின்ற அகக்கவினும் இழப்பேம், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
If we continually harbour within our heart the lover who abandoned us, we shall lose not only our outward grace, but the very inward life that still sustains us.