Agananuru 356

He held my hands in street, the lady says to her friend-maid.

He is the Man of the river-pond where tortoise turns as a band used to tell the royal message; the tortoise eats the waste foods washed in upper water that flows down in flowing water; where water-cock raises its voice on watching the tortoise turning upside down in water; the voice of which is that of the said music. He pulls my hands in the middle of the street to accept his love. “Annai”, I cried; and he left my hands.

What I have done is bad with my sharp tongue. I loved him. But all of a sudden I did badly. Parambu is a country ruled by King Nannan. Diamond shaping is famous in that area. They fix the diamond inn vex at the end of a stick to hold and shape in a revolving wheel. My tongue is as sharp as that diamond. After that I hide the event from the knowledge of my mother, because of my intension.

Hearing these words the fried-maid says: don’t worry, he will open your door for you as the opponents of the King Nalladi opened the gate of the fort in his capital ‘Vallam’. King Nalladi is the nephew of Chola Kings. You are a girl with beautiful hair like that of rattan bush in the pond with flowers Water-lilies. There is no wrong in his part if he did not open your door, as you have did wrong.

sustainable rattan
this rattan like hair in long size 

A poem by: Paranar

The text is belongs to second century B.C. or earlier.

Tamil Source