Making the Signs Known
காதலரின் கண்களில் வழியும் அன்பைத் தோழியிடம் எடுத்துரைத்தல். — Remarking to her confidante how clearly his eyes betray his tender affection.
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ceṟitoṭi ceytiṟanta kaḷḷa muṟutuyar / tīrkku maruntoṉ ṟuṭaittu.
“The secret wiles of her with thronging armlets decked, / Are medicines by which my raising grief is checked.”
“The cunning with which she concealed her rising thought and left hath a charm to cure the anguish of my heart.”
The concealment she of the close-set bangles practised on me and went away with holds inside it a medicine that will cure my great grief.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
செறிதொடி செய்து இறந்த கள்ளம்= நெருங்கிய வளைகளை உடையாள் என்கண் இல்லாதது ஒன்றனை உட்கொண்டு அது காரணமாக என்னை மறைத்துப்போன குறிப்பு; உறு துயர் தீர்க்கும் மருந்து ஒன்று உடைத்து= என் மிக்கதுயரைத் தீர்க்கும் மருந்தாவது ஒன்றனை உடைத்து, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
Within the very act of withholding a secret from me as she turned away, lies the sovereign remedy that heals my aching sorrow.