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Thirukkural 1181

Chapter 119: பசப்புறு பருவரல் (The Pallid Hue) · Love

Kural 1181

நயந்தவர்க்கு நல்காமை நேர்ந்தேன் பசந்தவென்
பண்பியார்க்கு உரைக்கோ பிற.

Nayandhavarkku Nalkaamai Nerndhen Pasandhaven
Panpiyaarkku Uraikko Pira

I willed my lover absent should remain; Of pining's sickly hue to whom shall I complain

Meaning

I who (then) consented to the absence of my loving lord, to whom can I (now) relate the fact of my having turned sallow.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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