The lover speaks to his heart

Part I - Introduction

A lover likes to meet his sweetheart

Arranged by the confident maid

in a trysting place every night;

The faithful MAID refuses to continue

And conveys to the Hero her inability;

The hardships you have to meet out

while you come through the darkness

to reach this place every night;

And the fear of thy neighbors come to know

And what they may speak ill of you both;

It is better you both get married

And that is good for both of you. 

Part II - அவ்வையார் இயற்றிய குறுந்தொகைப் பாடல் 29 ஆங்கில மொழிபெயர்ப்பு

In Response,

THE LOVER SPEAKS TO HIS HEART;

O' MY HEART,

Pleasant opinions about you might be lost,

Unpleasant rumors might spread against you;

Like an unburnt fresh mud-pot

Absorbing the showered rain water;

Uncontrolled love makes me

to swim against the flooded river of desire,

You like to assume the precious one.

As if a female monkey with her baby,

embraced by her baby securely

helps to climb atop the tiny branch of a tree;

If you could get someone

who listens your notion;

And understands your grief

who can help to solve the issue;

your struggle is worth it

to reach the secret site;

I will have the pleasure

of meeting my sweetheart!

குறுந்தொகை 29

நல்லுரை யிகந்து புல்லுரை தாஅய்ப்

    பெயனீர்க் கேற்ற பசுங்கலம் போல

    உள்ளந் தாங்கா வெள்ள நீந்தி

    அரிதவா வுற்றனை நெஞ்சே நன்றும் 

  5பெரிதா லம்மநின் பூச லுயர்கோட்டு 

    மகவுடை மந்தி போல         

    அகனுறத் தழீஇக் கேட்குநர்ப் பெறினே - ஒளவையார்.