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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varukamaṉ koṇkaṉ orunāḷ parukuvaṉ / paitalnōy ellām keṭa
“O let my spouse but come again to me one day! / I'll drink that nectar: wasting grief shall flee away.”
“Let my spouse but return home: and then in one day I shall drink the nectar of his presence and bid farewell to this wasting disease.”
Let him come home, my lord of the shore, for one single day; I shall drink him in, and every part of this wasting sickness will be destroyed.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கொண்கன் ஒருநாள் வருக= இத்துணைநாளும் வாராக் கொண்கன் ஒருநாள் என்கண் வருவானாக; பைதல் நோய் எல்லாம் கெடப் பருகுவன்= வந்தால் பையுளைச் செய்கின்ற இந்நோய் எல்லாம் கெட அவ்வமிழ்தத்தை வாயில் களைந்தானும் பருகக் கடவேன், எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Let my absent lover return to me but for a single day, and I shall drink his presence like nectar, until this consuming sickness is destroyed forever.