Poem 13

கிழவருமாய் நோய்மூப்புக் கீழ்ப்பட்டுக் காமத்துழவரும்போய் ஓயுமா கண்டோம் மொழிதெரியவாயினால் இப்போதே மன்றில் நடமாடும்நாயனார் என்றுரைப்போம் நாம்.

In plain words

We have seen how even the ploughmen of lust grow old, fall under disease and age, and go and cease. So now, this very moment, while our words are still clear, let us say it with our mouths: “The Lord who dances in the Hall!”

Line by line

Becoming old too, falling under disease and age, of lust the ploughmen too, going, ceasing, we have seen. While words are clear, with the mouth, now indeed, in the Hall dancing the Lord, saying so, let us speak, we.

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