Setting Reserve Aside
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aṟikilā rellāru meṉṟēyeṉ kāma / maṟukiṉ maṟuku maruṇṭu.
She hid it so well that no one guessed — and that is exactly what makes the feeling break out and go looking for witnesses. Concealment stops being possible the moment it stops being bearable.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“'There's no one knows my heart,' so says my love, / And thus, in public ways, perturbed will rove.”
“My passion seeth that none taketh notice of it: and it wandereth about in the streets in great anguish.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
எல்லாரும் அறிகிலார் என்று= யான் முன் அடங்கி நிற்றலான் எல்லாரும் என்னை அறிதல் இலர், இனி அவ்வாறு நில்லாது யானே வெளிப்பட அறிவிப்பல் என்று கருதி; என் காமம் மறுகில் மருண்டு மறுகும்= என்காமம் இவ்வூர் மறுகின்கண்ணே மயங்கிச் சுழலாநின்றது.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
The woman who had kept her love unspoken thinks: because I held myself in, nobody in this town knows my condition; I will no longer stay like that, but will make it known myself. Because she thinks so, her love now whirls bewildered through the streets of the town, says Parimelazhagar.