Love poem Kurunthogai # 344

herd is grassing

Dear friend! She is a lucky girl of endowed with good hailing if she had the chance of her lover of money-monger return back early before his achievement as that of the event of a cow did.

The cow went to grass field to eat along with its bull and other herd. While it is grassing it felt its breast is full of milk, remembered its calf and return home earlier leaving its herd mates.

      

Words by        - heroine

To whom         - her friend

Context           - while her friend insisting the heroine to wait for hero’s return

          

Author of the poem is Maruthan of Kurungudi village

2nd century B.C.

Refer the original poem in Tamil with annotation