Love poem Kurunthogai # 341

Pungam or Punkam tree, flower etc.

Dear friend! I know his duty his duty mind and that is the Manly-hood though he did not respet me. Trees kur’avam and pungam are blossoming everywhere. It is the rainy season that is the period, he assured me returning. He did not return. He is a man of duty minded. (Don’t worry; I shall tolerate).    

Refer: 135

    

Words by        - heroine

To whom         - her friend-maid

Context           - hero is away from the heroine

          

Author of the poem is Mil,ai Kil’a;n Nalve;ttan

2nd century B.C.

Refer the original poem in Tamil with annotation