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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maṇiyiṟ ṟikaḻtaru nūlpōṉ maṭantai / yaṇiyiṟ ṟikaḻvatoṉ ṟuṇṭu.
“As through the crystal beads is seen the thread on which they 're strung / So in her beauty gleams some thought cannot find a tongue.”
“Even as the thread that is seen through the crystal bead, there is a thought that is now passing in her bosom, but which is yet plainly visible.”
Like the thread that shows through the crystal beads strung on it, there is something inside this woman's adornment that lies within and is visible from outside.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
மணியில் திகழ்தரும் நூல்போல்= கோக்கப்பட்ட பளிக்குமணி யகத்துக் கிடந்து புறத்துப் புலனாம் நூல்போல; மடந்தை அணியில் திகழ்வது ஒன்று உண்டு= இம்மடந்தையது அணியகத்துக் கிடந்து புறத்துப் புலனாகின்றதொரு குறிப்பு உண்டு, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Like the cord shining through a crystal bead, the unspoken love she strives to conceal shines through the bloom of her beauty.