POEM FROM TAMIL LITERATURE - THE COVERT GUILE OF THE LOVER (30)

ABOUT THE POEM This is a translated version of an elegant love poem THE COVERT GUILE OF THE LOVER from Tamil literature. The colophon says the content of the poem is everything that the young lady said to her companion, lamenting the lover's collaboration in maligning her reputation by spreading the protected mystery of her adoration for him for reasons unknown to her. THE COVERT GUILE OF THE LOVER Here I am: my beauty maimed by paleness bewildered among the coastal forests. My sweetheart is at ease in his hometown further, my lover is agreeable in his  neighborhood whilst, the secret of our adoration is all around the town square With the dalliance of my lover (everything that the young lady said to her companion, lamenting the lover's collaboration)