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Song 920 - kAlanvERkaNai (pUvALUr)

kAlan vERkaNai yeervA LAlamu
     nErka NARkolai sUzhmA pAvikaL
          kAma sAththira vAyppA dENika ...... LevarEnung

kAtha lArkkumvi nAvAy kURikaL
     pOka pAththira mAmU thEvikaL
          kAsu kEttidu mAyA rUpika ...... LathimOka

mAlai mUttikaL vAnU dEnimir
     Anai pORpora nErE pOrmulai
          mArpu kAttikaL nAnA pEthaka ...... menamAyA

mApa rAkkika LOdE seeriya
     pOthu pOkkutha lAmO neeyini
          vAve nAppari vAlE yALvathu ...... morunALE

pAla RAththiru vAyA lOthiya
     Edu neerkkethir pOyE vAthusey
          pAdal thOtRiru nAlA mAyira ...... samaNmUdar

pArin mERkazhu meethE yERida
     neeRi dAththamizh nAdee dERida
          pAthu kAththaru LAlE kUnimi ...... riRaiyOnum

njAla mEththiya thOrmA thEviyum
     Ala vAyppathi vAzhvA mAReNu
          njAna pAkkiya pAlA vElava ...... mayilveerA

njAna theekshitha sEyE kAviri
     yARu thEkkiya kAlvAy mAmazha
          nAdu pOtRiya pUvA LuruRai ...... perumALE.

......... Meaning .........

kAlan vEl kaNai eer vAL Alamu(m) nEr ka(N)NAl kolai sUzh mA pAvikaL: They are the worst sinners always scheming to kill with their eyes comparable to Yaman (the God of Death), spear, arrow, cutting sword and poison;

kAma sAththira vAy pAdA ENikaL evarEnum kAthal Arkkum vinA vAy kURikaL: they know the text of KAmasAstra (erotic art) by heart; they are capable of employing a ladder to bring in their suitors; they speak lustful words that stimulate passion to whomsoever without discrimination;

pOka pAththira mA mUthEvikaL kAsu kEttidu(m) mAyA rUpikaL: they are like witches serving as receptacles for carnal pleasure; they are mystical figures hankering after money;

athi mOka mAlai mUttikaL vAnUdE nimir Anai pOl pora nErE pOr mulai mArpu kAttikaL: they provoke excessive and delusory passion; they display in a vulgar manner their breasts that look like combative elephants facing the sky and ready to charge forward;

nAnA pEthakam ena mAyA mA parAkkikaLOdE seeriya pOthu pOkkuthal AmO: is it worth my while to spend precious time with such distractive whores capable of performing multifarious feats of magic?

nee ini vA enA parivAlE ALvathum oru nALE: Will there be a day when You will kindly invite me and take charge of me?

pAl aRAth thiru vAyAl Othiya Edu neerkku ethir pOyE: When You sang a song (coming as ThirugnAna Sambandhar) with the taste of fresh milk (breast-fed by DEvi PArvathi) still lingering in Your mouth, the palm-leaf (on which that song was scribed) went against the current (on the river Vaigai);

vAthu sey pAdal thOtRa iru nAlAm Ayiram samaN mUdar pArin mEl kazhu meethE ERida: having been defeated in poetical debate, the eight thousand foolish ChamaNas on this earth went to the gallows;

neeRu idAth thamizh nAdu eedERida pAthukAththu: You protected the country, TamilnAdu, which had shunned the wearing of the holy ash (by offering holy ash to all);

aruLAlE kUn nimir iRaiyOnum njAlam EththiyathOr mA thEviyum AlavAyp pathi vAzhvAmARu e(N)Num: King NedumARan, whose hunchback was straightened by Your grace, the queen Mangaiyarkkarasi who is renowned in this world and the citizens of Madhurai (ThiruAlavAy) were all blessed to attain prosperity; such was Your will,

njAna pAkkiya pAlA vEla mayil veerA njAna theekshitha sEyE: oh, Auspicious Child full of Knowledge! Oh Lord with the Spear and the Brave One mounting the Peacock! You are the child that preached teachings of True wisdom!

kAviri ARu thEkkiya kAlvAy mA mazha nAdu pOtRiya pUvALUr uRai perumALE.: In this part of the great region, MazhanAdu, which has canals flowing fully with the water of river KAvEri, there is a famous town PUvALUr* which is Your abode, Oh Great One!

* PUvALUr is near the town of Lalgudi.