Corpus pasuram 492 of 4000 · Kuttu Vilakku Eriyak Kottukkaal Kattil
குத்து விளக்கு எரியக் * கோட்டுக்கால் கட்டில் மேல் *
மெத்தென்ற பஞ்ச சயனத்தின் மேல் ஏறி *
கொத்து அலர் பூங்குழல் நப்பின்னை கொங்கை மேல் *
வைத்துக் கிடந்த மலர் மார்பா ! வாய்திறவாய் **
மைத் தடங்கண்ணினாய் * நீ உன் மணாளனை *
எத்தனை போதும் துயில் எழ ஒட்டாய் காண் *
எத்தனை யேலும் பிரிவு ஆற்றகில்லாயால் *
தத்துவம் அன்று தகவு ஏலோர் எம்பாவாய் (19)
kuttu viḷakku ĕriyak * koṭṭukkāl kaṭṭil mel * mĕttĕṉṟa pañca cayaṉattiṉ mel eṟi * kŏttu alar pūṅkuḻal nappiṉṉai kŏṅkai mel * vaittuk kiṭanta malar mārpā ! vāytiṟavāy ** mait taṭaṅkaṇṇiṉāy * nī uṉ maṇāḷaṉai * ĕttaṉai potum tuyil ĕḻa ŏṭṭāy kāṇ * ĕttaṉai yelum pirivu āṟṟakillāyāl * tattuvam aṉṟu takavu elor ĕmpāvāy (19)
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ಕುತ್ತು ವಿಳಕ್ಕು ಎರಿಯಕ್ * ಕೋಟ್ಟುಕ್ಕಾಲ್ ಕಟ್ಟಿಲ್ ಮೇಲ್ *
ಮೆತ್ತೆಂದ್ರ ಪಞ್ಸ ಸಯನತ್ತಿನ್ ಮೇಲ್ ಏರಿ *
ಕೊತ್ತು ಅಲರ್ ಪೂಂಗುಳಲ್ ನಪ್ಪಿನ್ನೈ ಕೊಂಗೈ ಮೇಲ್ *
ವೈತ್ತುಕ್ ಕಿಡಂದ ಮಲರ್ ಮಾರ್ಬಾ ! ವಾಯ್ದಿರವಾಯ್ **
ಮೈತ್ ತಡಂಗಣ್ಣಿನಾಯ್ * ನೀ ಉನ್ ಮಣಾಳನೈ *
ಎತ್ತನೈ ಪೋದುಮ್ ತುಯಿಲ್ ಎಳ ಒಟ್ಟಾಯ್ ಕಾಣ್ *
ಎತ್ತನೈ ಯೇಲುಮ್ ಪಿರಿವು ಆತ್ರಗಿಲ್ಲಾಯಾಲ್ *
ತತ್ತುವಮ್ ಅಂದ್ರು ತಗವು ಏಲೋರ್ ಎಂಬಾವಾಯ್ (19)కుత్తు విళక్కు ఎరియక్ * కోట్టుక్కాల్ కట్టిల్ మేల్ *
మెత్తెంద్ర పఞ్స సయనత్తిన్ మేల్ ఏరి *
కొత్తు అలర్ పూంగుళల్ నప్పిన్నై కొంగై మేల్ *
వైత్తుక్ కిడంద మలర్ మార్బా ! వాయ్దిరవాయ్ **
మైత్ తడంగణ్ణినాయ్ * నీ ఉన్ మణాళనై *
ఎత్తనై పోదుమ్ తుయిల్ ఎళ ఒట్టాయ్ కాణ్ *
ఎత్తనై యేలుమ్ పిరివు ఆత్రగిల్లాయాల్ *
తత్తువమ్ అంద్రు తగవు ఏలోర్ ఎంబావాయ్ (19)कुत्तु विळक्कु ऎरियक् * कोट्टुक्काल् कट्टिल् मेल् *
मॆत्तॆंद्र पञ्स सयनत्तिन् मेल् एरि *
कॊत्तु अलर् पूंगुळल् नप्पिन्नै कॊंगै मेल् *
वैत्तुक् किडंद मलर् मार्बा ! वाय्दिरवाय् **
मैत् तडंगण्णिनाय् * नी उन् मणाळनै *
ऎत्तनै पोदुम् तुयिल् ऎळ ऒट्टाय् काण् *
ऎत्तनै येलुम् पिरिवु आत्रगिल्लायाल् *
तत्तुवम् अंद्रु तगवु एलोर् ऎंबावाय् (19)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
By the light of standing lamps, on a soft rich bed raised on an ivory-legged cot, the lord lies resting against Nappinnai; they call to him, the broad flower-chested one, to at least speak. Then they turn to her, the girl with great kohl-darkened eyes: she never allows her husband to wake even for a moment, unable to bear his separation for an instant. That, they gently protest, neither befits her true nature nor is it fair to them.
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