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Thirukkural 1185

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

Kural 1185

உவக்காண்எம் காதலர் செல்வார் இவக்காண்என்
மேனி பசப்பூர் வது.

Uvakkaanem Kaadhalar Selvaar Ivakkaanen
Meni Pasappoor Vadhu

My lover there went forth to roam; This pallor of my frame usurps his place at home

Meaning

Just as my lover departed then, did not sallowness spread here 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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