æèëëª ãÈåÐÊ ôÕåÐê¨äèõÐæÐÆ Öëëª 1131
ëìùªíùªùÊ ¬ùªéù ôù¨

æèëëª

desire

ãÈåÐÊ

having enjoyed

ôÕåÐê¨äèõÐæÐÆ

(thereafter in separation) suffering the pangs

Öëëª

companion

ëìùªíùªùÊ

other than the `palmyra horse'

¬ùªéù

not

ôù¨

potent

 
The lover who gives in to illicit consummation and later regrets it has no escape but of riding the `palmyra horse' ( a painful public ride on a bundle of thorny palmyra leaves) to the derision of the onlookers, intended to win the forgiveness and consent of the girl's parents --an ancient Tamil custom to express penitence (1131).

 
îåèäè ãìëªµëª ãá¨Õëª ëìùªÖ×ëª 1132
åèú¨éäå©æÐæ¨ å¨×êÐÊ

îåèäè

unable to bear separation

ãì몵ëª

(my) body

ãá¨Õëª

and soul

ëìùªÖ×ëª

(decided) to ride the palmyras horse

åèú¨éä

sense of modesty

å©æÐæ¨

abandoned

å¨×êÐÊ

having

 
To the lover unable to bear separation, riding the
palmyra horse is the only option (1132).

åèâúèÌ åùªùèúªéë çúªÌéìîáäª ¬äª×éìîáäª
æèË÷ª÷èõÐ Ö×ëª ëìùª      1133

åèâúèÌ

with modesty

åùª Íúªéë

the good behaviour

çúªÌ ãéìîáäª

in the past I had

¬äª× ãéìîáäª

to-day (I do not have) I have

æèË÷ª÷èõÐ

one with inflammed passion

Ö×ëª ëìùª

(the state of) riding the palmyra horse

 I once prized my sense of virtue and manliness, but to-day,I am ready to ride the palmyra horse (1133).

 
æèëæÐ æÌ몵äùª ãáªæÐÆîë åèâúèÌ 1134
åùªùèúªéë öäªÄëª µéú

æèëæР æÌ몵äùª

the deluge of passion

ãáªæÐÆëª

will blow away

Ö

O!

åèâúèÌ

along with sense of bashfulness

åùª Íúªéë

manliness

öäªÄëª

known as

患

float

 

My manliness and virtue, which are like floats,
have now been swept away by the mighty flood of passion (1134).

âêèìéùæÐ Æ×åÐâêèï êåÐêèóª ëìâùèÌ 1135
ëèéù ãÈæÐÆëª ÊáõÐ

 

êåÐêèóª

gave

ëìâùèÌ

along with riding the palmyra horse

ëèéù	in the evening

ãÈæÐÆëª

to be experienced

ÊáõÐ

suffering

The pain of the evening's separation and of the palmyra horse are gifts to me of this maiden
wearing tiny bangles (1135).

ëìûõÐêùª áèëêÐÊëª ãóªÓîôäª ëäª÷ 1136
çìùªøùªùè îçéêæÐâæäª æúª

ëìùª ÃõÐêùª

riding the palmyra horse

áèëêÐÊëª

even in the dead of night

ãóªÓîôäª

I will be ruminating over

ëäª÷	definitely

çìùªøùªùè

do not close (in sleep)

îçéêæÐÆ

because of the maiden

öäª æúª

my eyes

My eyes do not close in sleep because of this maiden and even at midnight my thoughts are on the ride of the palmyra horse (1136).

æìùªíäªä æèëëª ãÈåÐÊëª ëìùªÖ÷èçª 1137
âçúªú¨÷ª âçÕåÐêæÐæÊ ¬ùª

 

æèëëª

desire

ãÈåÐÊëª

suffering

ëìùªÖ÷è

without riding the palmyra horse

âçúªú¨äª

of the woman

âçÕ몠 êæÐæÊ

(comparable to) the superior birth

¬ùª	there is none

 
Nothing can be superior to the woman's self-restraint to avoid the palmyra horse, even when her passions run deep (or expansive)as the ocean (1137).

å¨é÷ íõ¨áõÐ ëäª íó¨áõÐ öäªäèÊ æèëëª 1138
ëé÷¬÷åÐÊ ëäª× çÌëª

å¨é÷ íõ¨áõÐ

not able to restrain his mind

ëäª íó¨áõÐ

to be pitied

öäªäèÊ

not thinking so

æèëëª

passion (of the woman)

ëé÷¬÷åÐÊ

overflowing the bounds of concealment

ëäª× çÌëª

will be revealed

 

The passion of the woman overflows the bounds of concealment and will be betrayed, though she might consider her lover unable to restrain his mind and
is verily an object of pity (1138).

 
The passion that is not restrained by virtue and love
will soon become publicly known (1138).
 

í÷¨æ¨ùèõÐ öùªùèÕëª öäªî÷öäª æèëëª 1139
ë×æ¨äª ë×Æëª ëÕúªÌ

í÷¨æ¨ùèõÐ

will not know

öùªùèÕëª

everyone

öäªî÷

thinking so

öäª æèëëª

my passion (love)

ë×æ¨ùª

in the village streets

ë×Æëª

is going round

ëÕúªÌ

totally unabashed, thoughtlessly

 

Thinking that no one will know my passion (for my lover, if I conduct myself quietly), it is going round totally unabashed and thoughtlessly in the village streets (1139).

 
áèëªæúªú¨äª æèú åÆç í÷¨ô¨ùªùèõР 1140
áèëªçìªì êèëªçìè ôè×

áèëªæúªú¨äª

on seeing me

æèú

openly

åÆç	laugh at me

í÷¨ô¨ùªùèõÐ

those without this experience

áèëªçìªì

the sufferings that I undergo

êèëªçìè

because they have not had

Í×	for this reason

 

Not knowing the pangs that I suffer, those without similar experience laugh at me, to my face (1140).