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.