Legal-concubine declares before the
friend-maids of the common-concubines about her chanting beauty.
He is the man of pond-land where male-beaver
fights against the ribbon-whole-fish to feed its female-beaver hide resting
under a ‘Sembu’ plant in mud. The girls of that the track will enjoy dancing
and singing. They sing the habitual attitude of the Man of the track.
Some new call-girls came to the
village mounting on chariots. They are common-women enjoy with any man. The call-girls
dance to allure men. They humiliate the legal-concubine. The legal-concubine declares
openly before the maids of the call-girls. “I am behaving termed as an elephant
behaves obeying the commands of its leader; if elephant did not obey what will
happen to the leader? Now I am behaving as subordinate to the call-girls. Let me
appear before them where they are dancing. I shall chant my man before them; otherwise
let my bangles break as the force of Ariar race broken in the battle at Vallam
village fighting against the Kings Cholas, expert in archery”.
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| ‘Sembu’ plant |
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| ribbon-whole-fish |
A poem by: PavaiKottilar
The text is belongs to second century
B.C. or earlier.
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