The Lovesick Girl: one by Nammalvar

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kangulum pagalum kaN thuyi laRiyaaL

kaNNanNeer kaikaLaal iRaikkum,

changuchak karanga LenRukai kooppum

`thaamaraik kaN' enRu thaLarum,

`eNGNGanE tharikkE Nnunnaivittu' ennum

irunNilam kaithuzaa virukkum,

chengayal paaynNeerth thiruvaraNG kaththaay!

ivaLthiRath thencheyki RaayE?'

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Day and night she knows not sleep,

Her eyes swim in torrents of tears

She wipes them with the palms of her hands

 

"Chakram!" she cries; "O Shangam!" she cries

And clasps her hands, to them bowing;

 

"thaamarai kaN!" she weeps and reels

"Ah! how can I bear to be without you!"

She sighs and gropes all earth for him;

 

O Lord of thiruvarangam, abiding where

Waters flow in plenty, where fish

Mad with joy leap and dance!

What will you do with her?

 

-- thiruvaaymozhi 7.2.1