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எல்லே ! இளங்கிளியே ! * இன்னம் உறங்குதியோ *
சில் என்று அழையேன்மின் ! நங்கைமீர் ! போதருகின்றேன் *
வல்லை உன் கட்டுரைகள் பண்டே உன் வாய் அறிதும் *
வல்லீர்கள் நீங்களே நானே தான் ஆயிடுக ! **
ஒல்லை நீ போதாய் * உனக்கு என்ன வேறு உடையை? *
எல்லாரும் போந்தாரோ ? போந்தார் போந்து எண்ணிக்கொள் *
வல் ஆனை * கொன்றானை மாற்றாரை மாற்று அழிக்க வல்லானை *
மாயனைப் பாடு ஏலோர் எம்பாவாய் (15)
ĕlle ! iḷaṅkiḷiye ! * iṉṉam uṟaṅkutiyo * cil ĕṉṟu aḻaiyeṉmiṉ ! naṅkaimīr ! potarukiṉṟeṉ * vallai uṉ kaṭṭuraikaḷ paṇṭe uṉ vāy aṟitum * vallīrkaḷ nīṅkaḷe nāṉe tāṉ āyiṭuka ! ** ŏllai nī potāy * uṉakku ĕṉṉa veṟu uṭaiyai? * ĕllārum pontāro ? pontār pontu ĕṇṇikkŏḷ * val āṉai * kŏṉṟāṉai māṟṟārai māṟṟu aḻikka vallāṉai * māyaṉaip pāṭu elor ĕmpāvāy (15)
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ಎಲ್ಲೇ ! ಇಳಂಗಿಳಿಯೇ ! * ಇನ್ನಮ್ ಉರಂಗುದಿಯೋ *
ಸಿಲ್ ಎಂದ್ರು ಅಳೈಯೇನ್ಮಿನ್ ! ನಂಗೈಮೀರ್ ! ಪೋದರುಗಿಂದ್ರೇನ್ *
ವಲ್ಲೈ ಉನ್ ಕಟ್ಟುರೈಗಳ್ ಪಂಡೇ ಉನ್ ವಾಯ್ ಅರಿದುಮ್ *
ವಲ್ಲೀರ್ಗಳ್ ನೀಂಗಳೇ ನಾನೇ ತಾನ್ ಆಯಿಡುಗ ! **
ಒಲ್ಲೈ ನೀ ಪೋದಾಯ್ * ಉನಕ್ಕು ಎನ್ನ ವೇರು ಉಡೈಯೈ? *
ಎಲ್ಲಾರುಮ್ ಪೋಂದಾರೋ ? ಪೋಂದಾರ್ ಪೋಂದು ಎಣ್ಣಿಕ್ಕೊಳ್ *
ವಲ್ ಆನೈ * ಕೊಂದ್ರಾನೈ ಮಾತ್ರಾರೈ ಮಾತ್ರು ಅಳಿಕ್ಕ ವಲ್ಲಾನೈ *
ಮಾಯನೈಪ್ ಪಾಡು ಏಲೋರ್ ಎಂಬಾವಾಯ್ (15)ఎల్లే ! ఇళంగిళియే ! * ఇన్నమ్ ఉరంగుదియో *
సిల్ ఎంద్రు అళైయేన్మిన్ ! నంగైమీర్ ! పోదరుగింద్రేన్ *
వల్లై ఉన్ కట్టురైగళ్ పండే ఉన్ వాయ్ అరిదుమ్ *
వల్లీర్గళ్ నీంగళే నానే తాన్ ఆయిడుగ ! **
ఒల్లై నీ పోదాయ్ * ఉనక్కు ఎన్న వేరు ఉడైయై? *
ఎల్లారుమ్ పోందారో ? పోందార్ పోందు ఎణ్ణిక్కొళ్ *
వల్ ఆనై * కొంద్రానై మాత్రారై మాత్రు అళిక్క వల్లానై *
మాయనైప్ పాడు ఏలోర్ ఎంబావాయ్ (15)ऎल्ले ! इळंगिळिये ! * इन्नम् उरंगुदियो *
सिल् ऎंद्रु अळैयेन्मिन् ! नंगैमीर् ! पोदरुगिंद्रेन् *
वल्लै उन् कट्टुरैगळ् पंडे उन् वाय् अरिदुम् *
वल्लीर्गळ् नींगळे नाने तान् आयिडुग ! **
ऒल्लै नी पोदाय् * उनक्कु ऎन्न वेरु उडैयै? *
ऎल्लारुम् पोंदारो ? पोंदार् पोंदु ऎण्णिक्कॊळ् *
वल् आनै * कॊंद्रानै मात्रारै मात्रु अळिक्क वल्लानै *
मायनैप् पाडु एलोर् ऎंबावाय् (15)All renderings on this page are derived directly from the public-domain Tamil text, preserving Tamil pronunciation. In the app you can switch every pasuram between scripts with one tap.
Meaning
This verse is a playful back-and-forth at the door: the friends call out to the young parrot of a girl still sleeping, and she answers that she is coming and asks them not to call so sharply. They say they know her clever tongue of old; she retorts that they are the clever ones, then yields and asks whether everyone has arrived, and they tell her to come out and count for herself. What matters, they remind her, is to sing the wondrous one who slew the mighty elephant and can crush the strength of every foe.
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