Desire for Reunion
ஊடல் கொள்ள நினைத்தாலும் அவரைக் கண்டவுடன் மனம் அணைப்பையே நாடுவதாகக் கூறுதல். — Intending to feign anger, but melting instantly into an embrace upon his sight.
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ūṭaṟkaṇ ceṉṟēṉmaṟ ṟōḻi yatumaṟantu / kūṭaṟkaṭ ceṉṟateṉ ṉeñcu.
“My friend, I went prepared to show a cool disdain; / My heart, forgetting all, could not its love restrain.”
“I wanted indeed to go away in a huff, my maid: but my heart forgot it and ran after union with the beloved.”
My friend, I did set out meaning to sulk with him. My heart forgot all that and went straight to being with him.
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
தோழி= தோழீ; ஊடற்கண் சென்றேன்= காதலரைக் காணாமுன் அவர்செய்த தவற்றைத் தன்னொடுநினைந்து யான் அவரோடு ஊடுதற்கண்ணே சென்றேன்; என்நெஞ்சு அதுமறந்து கூடற்கண் சென்றது= கண்டபின் என் நெஞ்சு அதனை மறந்து கூடுதற்கண்ணே சென்றது எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
She calls out to her friend. Before seeing him, recalling to herself the wrong he had done, I went towards sulking with him. After seeing him, my heart forgot that and went towards union.