கொடியார் கொடுமை உரைக்கும் தொடியொடு
தொல்கவின் வாடிய தோள்.
These wasted arms, the bracelet with their wonted beauty gone,The cruelty declare of that most cruel one
The (loosened) bracelets, and the shoulders from which the old beauty has faded, relate the cruelty of the pitiless one