காழிக்கு வேந்தர் கருணா லயர்முனம்நீகாழிக் குமாரன் கவிகையினை - ஆழிக்கட்கண்டமட்டில் சூடகமும் கார்விழியிற் கங்கணமும்கொண்டனள்என் றன்னமே கூறு.
In plain words
O swan, before the king of Kāzhi, the abode of compassion, tell this: the moment she saw the parasol of Kāma, whose bow is hard sugarcane, there in the sea, she took on a burning heart, and in her dark eyes a flood of tears.
Line by line
Before the king of Kāzhi, the abode of compassion, you Kāma of the hard sugarcane bow, his parasol; in the sea as soon as she saw it, a burning heart, and in her dark eyes a flood of water she took on, so, O swan, tell.