Tirukkurralak Kuravanci 46
English (machine translation) 46
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46.1
I set a snare for a female cuckoo
and went after a domestic pigeon;
I caught the domestic pigeon and the cuckoo,
but my playful Ciṅki is nowhere to be seen.
46.2
I set a snare for a graceful peacock
and went to catch a sea eagle;
I caught the sea eagle and the graceful peacock,
but my enchanting Ciṅki is nowhere to be seen.
46.3
Going on the hunt for predatory birds,
I lost out on the hunt for love;
it turned out just like the palm civet
getting trapped when the bat flew off!
46.4
How shall I quell the longing in my heart that has arisen thus?
I cannot see Ciṅki, that red-lipped sugarcane, that creeper of passion!
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Ciṅkaṉ searches for Ciṅki in Kuṟṟālam
viruttam
Whoever they may be on this good earth, by coming to the sacred site of Nannakar, they attain their boon;
if having attained it they leave Nannakar's shrine, could any boon be found even up to the world of Brahmā?
Departing from the slopes of the unfailing Vaṭa Aruvi, Ciṅkaṉ wandered all the way from northern Kāśī to Kanyākumārī;
by virtue of past penance, he arrived before the sacred shrine of Kuṟṟālam, and searched for his Ciṅki.
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Ciṅkaṉ's lament upon not finding Ciṅki
Rāga: Toḍi, Tāla: Ādi
pallavi
I cannot see Ciṅki! I cannot see my loving Ciṅki!
anupallavi
Ciṅki, a green female parrot of desire,
an ocean of music singing the fame and glory of Kuṟṟālar,
a delightful woman, a playful charmer, full of alluring enchantment, (I cannot see Ciṅki!)
caraṇams