Tirumantiram 155 - Tantra 1 - Upon our death, all our possessions and known ones desert us

மதுவூர்க் குழலியும் மாடும் மனையும்
இதுவூர் ஒழிய இதணமது ஏறி
பொதுவூர்ப் புறம் சுடுகாடு அதுநோக்கி
மதுவூர் வாங்கியே வைத்து அகன்றார்களே.  155.

Pollen-spreading* haired-she-and wealth-and house-and
This-town(-in) moving-away(,) security-platform-that (having-)ascended(,)
Common-town -outskirts cremation-ground that-towards (the dead man's body was departing)
Pollen-spreading** curve-itself (having-)placed moved-away (!)

1  With,-
    a)  the pollen-spreading (flower-adorning-)haired-she (the dead man's wife),
    b)  (his) wealth, and
    c)  (his) house,
    in this town, moving away (from the dead man),
2  (the dead man's body) having ascended
    the security-platform (at the borders of the town),
4  (the known-ones) having placed
    the pollen-spreading curve (of flowers) and moved away (!)
3  (the dead man's body was departing) towards
    that common cremation ground at the outskirts of the town.

*    on account of the dead-man's wife's hair being adorned with flowers
**  on account of the curve (placed upon the dead body in honor of the dead man) being one of flowers