1939 pŏruntalaṉ ākam pul̤ uvantu eṟa *
val̤ ukirāl pil̤antu * aṉṟu
pĕruntakaikku iraṅki vāliyai muṉinta *
pĕrumaikŏlo cĕytatu iṉṟu? **
pĕrun taṭaṅ kaṇṇi curumpu uṟu kotai *
pĕrumaiyai niṉaintilai pecil *
karuṅ kaṭal vaṇṇā kavul̤ kŏṇṭa nīr ām *
ival̤ ĕṉak karutukiṉṟāye-8
Simple Translation
1939. Her mother says,
“You, colored like the dark ocean,
have not thought of the pride of my daughter
whose eyes are beautiful
and whose garlanded hair swarms with bees.
Why did you do this?
It is because you are proud that you split open
the chest of Hiranyan, your enemy,
and because you became angry at Vāli and killed him
when you felt compassion for Sugreeva?
Do you think my daughter is only like the moisture
that comes inside your mouth in your cheek?”