Making the Signs Known
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taṇṇan tuṟaivaṉ ṟaṇantamai nammiṉu / muṉṉa muṇarnta vaḷai.
The man of the cool, lovely shore had parted from me in mind while his body was still beside me; and my bangles knew it earlier than I did.
▸Other translations · Pope (1886) & Aiyar (1916)
“My severance from the lord of this cool shore, / My very armlets told me long before.”
“My bracelet hath read the coolness in the heart of my gracious lord even sooner than my own self.”
Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
தண்ணந் துறைவன் தணந்தமை= குளிர்ந்த துறையையுடையவன் நம்மை மெய்யாற் கூடியிருந்தே மனத்தாற் பிரிந்தமையை; நம்மினும் வளை முன்னம் உணர்ந்த= அவன் குறிபபான் அறிதற்குரிய நம்மினும் இவ்வளைகள் முன்னே அறிந்தன, எ-று.
Source: Tamil Wikisource
The man of the cool shore had parted from us in mind while still joined with us in body; and although it is we who are the ones fit to know him by his small signs, these bangles knew it earlier than we did.