Longing for the Beloved
காதலரின் வருகையை நாள்குறித்து விரல் தேயக் காத்திருக்கும் ஏக்கத்தைப் பகிர்தல். — Counting the days on worn fingers, yearning desperately for his footsteps.
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ilaṅkiḻā yiṉṟu maṟappiṉeṉ ṟōṇmēṟ / kalaṅkaḻiyuṅ kārikai nīttu.
“O thou with gleaming jewels decked, could I forget for this one day, / Henceforth these bracelets from my arms will slip, my beauty worn away.”
“What if I forget today, my maid? My beauty hath already left me and my bracelet hath slipped off my arm.”
You whose jewels are shining: if I let him go from my mind for even this one day, my beauty will walk out on me, and the bangles will slip from my arms.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
இலங்கு இழாய்= விளங்காநின்ற இழையினையுடையாய்; இன்று மறப்பின்= காதலரை யான் இன்று யான் மறப்பேனாயின்; மேல்காரிகை நீத்து என்றோள் கலங்கழியும்= மேலும், காரிகை என்னை நீப்ப என் தோள்கள் வளை கழல்வனாவாம், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
O friend of glowing bangles, if I were to forget my beloved even for this one day, would not my beauty fade further and the rings fall loose from my wasting arms?