Verse 420: Time keeps its own record

420. Time keeps its own record

பருவந்தோ றும்படியும் மண்சுவரில் கோடுவருடமே சொல்லும் மொழி

paruvando rumbadiyum mansuvaril koduvarudame sollum mozhi

Season after season a line settles on the mud wall: the language the year itself speaks.
Unplastered earthen walls take on a fresh band with each season’s weather; over years they show stripe upon stripe.