Making the Signs Known
தலைவியின் பார்வையில் மலரும் ஊடலின் சிறு குறிப்புகளை உணர்ந்து கொள்ளுதல். — Discerning the subtle hints of feigned grievance veiled beneath her silent smile.
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karappiṉuṅ kaiyikan tollāniṉ ṉuṇka / ṇuraikka luṟuvatoṉ ṟuṇṭu.
“Thou hid'st it, yet thine eye, disdaining all restraint, / Something, I know not, what, would utter of complaint.”
“Thou mayest try to conceal, my love, but thy eye refuseth to be restrained, and telleth me that there is some strange thought in thy breast.”
You may hide it, but your dark eyes will not go along with the hiding. They have gone out past your hand, and there is something they are setting out to say.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
கரப்பினும்= நீசொல்லாது மறைத்தாய் ஆயினும்; ஒல்லா கையிகந்து= அதற்கு உடம்படாதே நின்னைக் கைகடந்து; நின் உண்கண் உரக்கலுறுவது ஒன்று ஒண்டு= நின் கண்களே எமக்குச் சொல்லல் உறுவது ஒருகாரியம் உண்டாய் இராநின்றது, இனியதனை நீயே தெளியச்சொல்வாயாக, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Though she sought to hide her love, her eyes betrayed it to me; and as I told her that concealment was vain, she bowed her head in modest shame.