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அவர்வயின் விதும்பல்: Mutual Desire
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அவர்வயின் விதும்பல், eagerness for him (the title is rendered "Mutual Desire" in the translations), is about the wife's (தலைவி) longing for her husband's return and her impatience as the days pass. In the chapter her husband is away on the king's business.
Kural 1261 shows how long she has waited: her eyes are dim from watching and her fingers worn from marking off days on the wall. Kural 1262 is spoken to her confidante: if she forgot him even for a day, her bracelets would slip and her beauty fade. Kural 1263 says that he has gone with his courage for company, in search of victory, and she lives only on the hope of seeing him come back. Kurals 1264 to 1266 are full of anticipation. Her heart swells at the thought of his return (1264), she will look until her eyes are full and the pallor will go (1265), and she will drink in the joy of the day when he comes and all her pain ends (1266). Kural 1267 asks whether she will sulk, embrace or do both. Kural 1268 wishes the king victory, so that her husband may soon be home for the evening feast. Kural 1269 says one day seems like seven. In both translations Kural 1270 is the husband's voice, wondering what meeting could be worth if she had died of a broken heart.
Kural 1269 is the one to know, for how it measures waiting.
The 10 kurals of அவர்வயின் விதும்பல்
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.
வாளற்றுப் புற்கென்ற கண்ணும் அவர்சென்ற
நாளொற்றித் தேய்ந்த விரல்.
Vaalatrup Purkendra Kannum Avarsendra
Naalotrith Theyndha Viral
My eyes have lost their brightness, sight is dimmed; my fingers worn, With nothing on the wall the days since I was left forlorn
இலங்கிழாய் இன்று மறப்பின்என் தோள்மேல்
கலங்கழியும் காரிகை நீத்து.
Ilangizhaai Indru Marappinen Tholmel
Kalangazhiyum Kaarikai Neeththu
O thou with gleaming jewels decked, could I forget for this one day, Henceforth these bracelets from my arms will slip, my beauty worn away
உரன்நசைஇ உள்ளம் துணையாகச் சென்றார்
வரல்நசைஇ இன்னும் உளேன்.
Urannasaii Ullam Thunaiyaakach Chendraar
Varalnasaii Innum Ulen
On victory intent, His mind sole company he went; And I yet life sustain And long to see his face again
கூடிய காமம் பிரிந்தார் வரவுள்ளிக்
கோடுகொ டேறுமென் நெஞ்சு.
Kootiya Kaamam Pirindhaar Varavullik
Kotuko Terumen Nenju
'He comes again, who left my side, and I shall taste love's joy,'-My heart with rapture swells, when thoughts like these my mind employ
காண்கமன் கொண்கனைக் கண்ணாரக் கண்டபின்
நீங்கும்என் மென்தோள் பசப்பு.
Kaankaman Konkanaik Kannaarak Kantapin
Neengumen Mendhol Pasappu
O let me see my spouse again and sate these longing eyes!That instant from my wasted frame all pallor flies
வருகமன் கொண்கன் ஒருநாள் பருகுவன்
பைதல்நோய் எல்லாம் கெட.
Varukaman Konkan Orunaal Parukuvan
Paidhalnoi Ellaam Keta
O let my spouse but come again to me one day!I'll drink that nectar: wasting grief shall flee away
புலப்பேன்கொல் புல்லுவேன் கொல்லோ கலப்பேன்கொல்
கண்அன்ன கேளிர் விரன்.
Pulappenkol Pulluven Kollo Kalappenkol
Kananna Kelir Viran
Shall I draw back, or yield myself, or shall both mingled be, When he returns, my spouse, dear as these eyes to me
வினைகலந்து வென்றீக வேந்தன் மனைகலந்து
மாலை அயர்கம் விருந்து.
Vinaikalandhu Vendreeka Vendhan Manaikalandhu
Maalai Ayarkam Virundhu
O would my king would fight, o'ercome, devide the spoil; At home, to-night, the banquet spread should crown the toil
ஒருநாள் எழுநாள்போல் செல்லும்சேண் சென்றார்
வருநாள்வைத்து ஏங்கு பவர்க்கு.
Orunaal Ezhunaalpol Sellumsen Sendraar
Varunaalvaiththu Engu Pavarkku
One day will seem like seven to those who watch and yearnFor that glad day when wanderers from afar return
பெறின்என்னாம் பெற்றக்கால் என்னாம் உறினென்னாம்
உள்ளம் உடைந்துக்கக் கால்.
Perinennaam Petrakkaal Ennaam Urinennaam
Ullam Utaindhukkak Kaal
What's my return, the meeting hour, the wished-for greeting worth, If she heart-broken lie, with all her life poured forth
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