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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kūṭiya kāmam pirintār varavuḷḷik / kōṭuko ṭēṟumeṉ ṉeñcu.
“'He comes again, who left my side, and I shall taste love's joy,'- / My heart with rapture swells, when thoughts like these my mind employ.”
“He gave my company up and parted without any regard to my feelings but yet for the mere thinking of his speedy return my heart swelleth with joy!”
Only from thinking of his coming back, his who went away, and of the love that will come back with him, my heart puts out branches and climbs.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
பிரிந்தார் கூடிய காமம் வரவு உள்ளி= நீங்கிய காமத்தராய் நம்மைப் பிரிந்துபோயவர் மேற்கூறிய காமத்துடனே தங்கண் வருதலை நினைந்து; என் நெஞ்சு கோடுகொடு ஏறும்= என்செஞ்சு வருத்தம் ஒழிந்து மேன்மேல் பணைத்து எழாநின்றது, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
As I muse upon the return of him who left me, imagining his rekindled tenderness, the sorrow lifts from my heart and gladness swells within.