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பொழுதுகண்டு இரங்கல்: Lamentations at Eventide
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பொழுதுகண்டு இரங்கல், lamentations at eventide, is about the evening hour, which the wife (தலைவி) in her husband's absence cannot bear. She speaks to the evening itself and to herself, and her pain grows with the light.
Kural 1221 says that the hour is not evening but a spear that takes the lives of wives. Kural 1222 addresses the dim twilight, asking whether its companion is as hard-hearted as her own. Kural 1223 describes the evening as one that brings dimness and a growing sorrow, and Kural 1224 says it comes in the absence of her beloved like slayers on a battlefield. Kural 1225 contrasts morning and evening, asking what favour she did to the one and what enmity to the other. Kural 1226 says she did not know what evening could do until he left. Kural 1227 is the chapter's best-known image: the pain buds in the morning, opens through the day and blossoms in the evening. Kural 1228 hears in the shepherd's flute a weapon, because it announces the hour of fiery sorrow. Kural 1229 says the whole town is plunged in confusion as evening spreads, and Kural 1230 ends with her life fading in the dusk at the thought of him who, in Pope's reading, has gone seeking wealth.
Kural 1227 is the one to know first.
The 10 kurals of பொழுதுகண்டு இரங்கல்
Each kural is shown in Tamil with a transliteration and G. U. Pope's English verse translation. Open a kural for its plain English meaning.
மாலையோ அல்லை மணந்தார் உயிருண்ணும்
வேலைநீ வாழி பொழுது.
Maalaiyo Allai Manandhaar Uyirunnum
Velainee Vaazhi Pozhudhu
Thou art not evening, but a spear that doth devourThe souls of brides; farewell, thou evening hour
புன்கண்ணை வாழி மருள்மாலை எம்கேள்போல்
வன்கண்ண தோநின் துணை.
Punkannai Vaazhi Marulmaalai Emkelpol
Vankanna Thonin Thunai
Thine eye is sad; Hail, doubtful hour of eventide!Of cruel eye, as is my spouse, is too thy bride
பனிஅரும்பிப் பைதல்கொள் மாலை துனிஅரும்பித்
துன்பம் வளர வரும்.
Paniarumpip Paidhalkol Maalai Thuniarumpith
Thunpam Valara Varum
With buds of chilly dew wan evening's shade enclose; My anguish buds space and all my sorrow grows
காதலர் இல்வழி மாலை கொலைக்களத்து
ஏதிலர் போல வரும்.
Kaadhalar Ilvazhi Maalai Kolaikkalaththu
Edhilar Pola Varum
When absent is my love, the evening hour descends, As when an alien host to field of battle wends
காலைக்குச் செய்தநன்று என்கொல் எவன்கொல்யான்
மாலைக்குச் செய்த பகை?
Kaalaikkuch Cheydhanandru Enkol Evankolyaan
Maalaikkuch Cheydha Pakai?
O morn, how have I won thy grace? thou bring'st reliefO eve, why art thou foe! thou dost renew my grief
மாலைநோய் செய்தல் மணந்தார் அகலாத
காலை அறிந்த திலேன்.
Maalainoi Seydhal Manandhaar Akalaadha
Kaalai Arindha Thilen
The pangs that evening brings I never knew, Till he, my wedded spouse, from me withdrew
காலை அரும்பிப் பகலெல்லாம் போதாகி
மாலை மலரும்இந் நோய்.
Kaalai Arumpip Pakalellaam Podhaaki
Maalai Malarumin Noi
My grief at morn a bud, all day an opening flower, Full-blown expands in evening hour
அழல்போலும் மாலைக்குத் தூதாகி ஆயன்
குழல்போலும் கொல்லும் படை.
Azhalpolum Maalaikkuth Thoodhaaki Aayan
Kuzhalpolum Kollum Patai
The shepherd's pipe is like a murderous weapon, to my ear, For it proclaims the hour of ev'ning's fiery anguish near
பதிமருண்டு பைதல் உழக்கும் மதிமருண்டு
மாலை படர்தரும் போழ்து.
Padhimaruntu Paidhal Uzhakkum Madhimaruntu
Maalai Patardharum Pozhdhu
If evening's shades, that darken all my soul, extend; From this afflicted town will would of grief ascend
பொருள்மாலை யாளரை உள்ளி மருள்மாலை
மாயும்என் மாயா உயிர்.
Porulmaalai Yaalarai Ulli Marulmaalai
Maayumen Maayaa Uyir
This darkening eve, my darkling soul must perish utterly; Remembering him who seeks for wealth, but seeks not me
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