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Thirukkural 1182

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

Kural 1182

அவர்தந்தார் என்னும் தகையால் இவர்தந்தென்
மேனிமேல் ஊரும் பசப்பு.

Avardhandhaar Ennum Thakaiyaal Ivardhandhen
Menimel Oorum Pasappu

'He gave': this sickly hue thus proudly speaks, Then climbs, and all my frame its chariot makes

Meaning

Sallowness, as if proud of having been caused by him, would now ride on my person.

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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