Quarrelling with the Heart
ஊடலை நிலைநிறுத்த விடாமல் காதலரைக் கண்டதும் சரணடையும் தன் நெஞ்சோடு வழக்காடுதல். — Scolding her treacherous heart for instantly abandoning all pride the moment he appears.
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avarneñ cavarkkātaṟ kaṇṭu mevaṉeñcē / nīyemak kākā tatu.
“You see his heart is his alone / O heart, why not be all my own?”
“Thou seest how his heart serveth his will: then, how is it that thou obeyest not me, O my Heart?”
His heart, you have seen, belongs to him alone. Then what is your reason, my heart, for not belonging to me?
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
நெஞ்சே= நெஞ்சே; அவர் நெஞ்சு அவர்க்கு ஆதல் கண்டும்= அவருடைய நெஞ்சு நம்மை நினையாது அவர்க்காய்நிற்றல் கண்டு வைத்தும்; நீ எமக்கு ஆகாதது எவன்= நீ எமக்காய் நில்லாது அவரை நினைத்தற்காரணம் யாது, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
O my heart, having seen that his heart stands faithful only to him without a thought for me, why is it that you do not stand by me, but hasten toward him?