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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kāṇkamaṟ koṇkaṉaik kaṇṇārak kaṇṭapi / ṉīṅkumeṉ meṉṟōṭ pacappu.
“O let me see my spouse again and sate these longing eyes! / That instant from my wasted frame all pallor flies.”
“Only let my eyes take their fill of the sight of my beloved: pallor will then no more be seen on my wasted arm.”
Let me only see him, and see him until my eyes are full; once I have seen him like that, the pallor on my arms will go of its own accord.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கண்ஆரக் கொண்கனைக் காண்க= என் கண்கள் ஆரும் வகை என்கொண்கனை யான் காண்பேனாக; கண்டபின் என் மென்தோள் பசப்பு நீங்கும்= அங்ஙனம் கண்டபின் என் மெல்லிய தோளின்கண் பசப்புத்தானே நீங்கும், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
If only my hungry eyes might look upon my beloved until they are filled, the pallor spread across these tender arms would vanish of itself.