Reserve Overcome
நாணம் எனும் கதவை உடைத்துக் கொண்டு பொங்கி எழும் காதலின் வேகத்தை உரைத்தல். — Admitting that the strong door of self-possession has been shattered by the axe of desire.
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nāṇeṉa voṉṟō vaṟiyalaṅ kāmattāṟ / pēṇiyār peṭpa ceyiṉ.
“No sense of shame my gladdened mind shall prove, / When he returns my longing heart to bless with love.”
“If the beloved but favour us with his love, we at once forget all our reserve.”
When the one we had cherished comes and does, out of desire, the very things we wanted, we no longer know that a thing called reserve exists.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
பேணியார் காமத்தான் பெட்ப செயின்= நம்மால் விரும்பப்பட்டவர் வந்து, காமத்தால் நாம் விரும்பியவற்றைச் செய்யுமளவின்; நாண் என ஒன்றோ அறியலம்= நாண் என்று ஒன்றையும் அறியமாட்டேமாய் இருந்தேம், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
When the beloved comes to us and grants all the sweet joys we crave, we become people who have entirely forgotten that a thing called shame even exists.