Verse 1052: The gaps tell
1052. The gaps tell
நெய்தவள் கைவிரல் நீட்டிய நூலினும்நெய்யா திருந்தவெளி சொல்
neythaval kaiviral neettiya noolinumneyyaa thirundaveli sol
More than the thread her fingers stretched, the space she left unwoven is the word.
The Tamil ‘sol’ means both ‘word’ and the bidding ‘tell!’, so the last phrase can also be heard as: tell of that unwoven space.