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Thirukkural 1184

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

Kural 1184

உள்ளுவன் மன்யான் உரைப்பது அவர்திறமால்
கள்ளம் பிறவோ பசப்பு.

Ulluvan Manyaan Uraippadhu Avardhiramaal
Kallam Piravo Pasappu

I meditate his words, his worth is theme of all I say, This sickly hue is false that would my trust betray

Meaning

I think (of him); and what I speak about is but his excellence; still is there sallowness; and this is deceitful.

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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