Verse 10: Surrounded but unseeing

10. Surrounded but unseeing

சிறைப்பட்டார் வான்காண்பர் வான்முழுதும் வான்கீழ்பிறந்தவர் வானறியார் தாம்

siraippattaar vaankaanpar vaanmuzhudhum vaankeezhpirandavar vaanariyaar thaam

Prisoners see the sky; those born under the whole of it are the ones who do not know it.
‘Those born under the sky’: people who have lived beneath it all their lives, never shut away from it.