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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tuṉpattiṟ kiyārē tuṇaiyāvār tāmuṭaiya / ṉeñcan tuṇaiyal vaḻi.
“And who will aid me in my hour of grief, / If my own heart comes not to my relief?”
“Who will support a man in his grief, if the Heart of his beloved itself refuseth him help?”
When trouble has come, who is there who could be an ally against it, if the heart a person owns as their own is not an ally?
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Parimelazhagar’s commentary
13th century · public domainParimelazhagar’s own words come first, unaltered. The plain reading follows below.
துன்பத்திற்கு= ஒருவர்க்குத் துன்பம் வந்துழி, அது நீக்குதற்கு; தாம் உடைய நெஞ்சம் துணையல்வழி= தாம் உரித்தாகப்பெற்ற தம்முடைய நெஞ்சம் துணையாகாவழி; துணையாவார் யாரே= வேறுதுணையாவார் ஒருவரும் இல்லை, எ-று.
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When sorrow strikes, if a person's own heart will not stand by them to remove it, who else can ever be an ally?
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