Tiruppavai 7 · verse 480 of the four thousand
kīcu kīcu eṉṟu eṅkum āṉaiccāttaṉ kalantupēciṉa pēccu- aravam kēṭṭilaiyō? pēyp peṇṇēkācum piṟappum kalakalappak kaipērttuvāca naṟuṅ kuḻal āycciyar mattiṉālōcai paṭutta tayir-aravam kēṭṭilaiyō?nāyakap peṇpiḷḷāy nārāyaṇaṉmūrttikēcavaṉaip pāṭavum nī kēṭṭē kiṭattiyō?tēcam uṭaiyāy tiṟa-ēlōr empāvāy
Meaning
Do you not hear the blackbirds chattering "keesu keesu" everywhere? Silly girl! Do you not hear the sound of the churning, as the cowherd women with fragrant hair move their arms, their coin necklaces jingling, and the curds roar under the churning rods? O leader among girls, while we sing Narayana, Kesava, can you lie there and only listen? O radiant one, open the door!
Word by word
- āṉaiccāttaṉ
- the blackbirds, the bharadwaja birds
- pēyp peṇṇē
- silly girl
- kācum piṟappum
- their necklaces of coins and beads
- tayir-aravam
- the sound of curd being churned
- nāyakap peṇpiḷḷāy
- O leader among the girls
- kēcavaṉaip
- Kesava, the Lord with lovely hair
- tēcam uṭaiyāy
- O radiant one
Verse text: the word-separated e-text of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham by Project Madurai, checked verse by verse against its second edition. Meanings are simple renderings in the light of the acharyas' commentaries, written for this site, and are awaiting a scholar's review.