2514 kŏṭuṅ kāl cilaiyar niraikol̤ uzhavar kŏlaiyil vĕyya *
kaṭuṅ kāl il̤aiñar tuṭi paṭum kavvaittu ** aru viṉaiyeṉ
nĕṭuṅ kālamum kaṇṇaṉ nīl̤ malarp pātam paravip pĕṟṟa *
tŏṭuṅkāl ŏciyum iṭai * il̤amāṉ cĕṉṟa cūzh kaṭame37
Simple Translation
2514. Her mother says,
“Hunters live with arrows that kill animals
in the forest where my daughter went with him,
and there are other thieves there who steal cows.
Young people there beat their loud drums.
I have done bad karmā.
My soft-waisted daughter, beautiful as a doe,
has gone away with Kannan, worshiping his lotus feet.
How could she walk with him in the terrible forest?”