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Thirukkural 1183

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

Kural 1183

சாயலும் நாணும் அவர்கொண்டார் கைம்மாறா
நோயும் பசலையும் தந்து.

Saayalum Naanum Avarkontaar Kaimmaaraa
Noyum Pasalaiyum Thandhu

Of comeliness and shame he me bereft, While pain and sickly hue, in recompense, he left

Meaning

He has taken (away) my beauty and modesty, and given me instead disease and sallowness.

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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