Tirukkurralak Kuravanci 42
English (machine translation) 42
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42.1
If you drive the intertwined snare close,
a crow too will be caught, o Kuḷuvā, a crow too will be caught!
42.2
If you drive the opened snare inverted,
a night heron too will be caught, o Kuḷuvā, a night heron too will be caught!
42.3
If you drive the loosened snare tight,
a sandpiper too will be caught, o Kuḷuvā, a sandpiper too will be caught!
42.4
Set right the tangled snare and drive it in,
upon the Kuṟṟālam mountain, o Kuḷuvā, upon the Kuṟṟālam mountain!
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Ciṅkaṉ speaks:
Koccakak kalippā
On the Tirikūṭa hill of the Lord wearing the garland of honeyed koṉṟai,
to subdue the silent haughtiness of her whose radiant forehead is like the crescent moon,
why did I not become a parrot, leaping onto her lap,
climbing onto her shoulder, to hear her sweet parrot words?
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Rāga: Kalyāṇi, Tāla: Ādi
Pallavi
Keep quiet, wait, wait, keep quiet!
Anupallavi
Keep quiet! While we catch birds
in the gracious jungle of our Lord of Kuṟṟālam,
hearing the noise you made coming so rowdily,
the arrived sparrows get startled and flee! (Keep quiet!)
Caraṇams