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Thirukkural 1187

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

Kural 1187

புல்லிக் கிடந்தேன் புடைபெயர்ந்தேன் அவ்வளவில்
அள்ளிக்கொள் வற்றே பசப்பு.

Pullik Kitandhen Putaipeyarndhen Avvalavil
Allikkol Vatre Pasappu

I lay in his embrace, I turned unwittingly; Forthwith this hue, as you might grasp it, came on me

Meaning

I who was in close embrace just turned aside and the moment I did so, sallowness came on me like something to be seized on.

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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