1924 karul̤ak kŏṭi ŏṉṟu uṭaiyīr * taṉip pākīr * urul̤ac cakaṭam-atu * uṟukkil nimirttīr ** marul̤aikkŏṭu pāṭi vantu * illam pukuntīr * irul̤attu itu ĕṉ? * itu ĕṉ? itu ĕṉṉo?-3
Ragam
Usēni / உசேனி
Thalam
Jambai / ஜம்பை
Bhavam
Nāyaki (lovelorn lady)
Simple Translation
1924. A cowherd girl says to Kannan,
“You, matchless, carry an eagle banner
and you killed Sakātāsuran when he came as a cart,
and now you come into our home in our village and frighten us.
What are you doing in the night like this?
What is this? What is this?”
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate poetry to prose conversion (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continiously to form the sentence and understand the simple meaning of those verse.)