Kural 1181Chapter 119: The Pallid Hue

Thirukkural 1181 in English

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Tamil original

நயந்தவர்க்கு நல்காமை நேர்ந்தேன் பசந்தவென்
பண்பியார்க்கு உரைக்கோ பிற.

Transliteration

Nayandhavarkku Nalkaamai Nerndhen Pasandhaven
Panpiyaarkku Uraikko Pira

Modern English

“I agreed to let the one I love leave; now that separation has made me pale, whom can I tell?”

Modern Interpretation

I agreed to let the one I love leave; now that separation has made me pale, whom can I tell? Saying you are fine with a partner's decision can feel different once you are alone with its consequences.

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Modern Plain English

I agreed to let the one I love leave; now that separation has made me pale, whom can I tell?

Poetic Couplet (Bharati)

My lover's parting, I allowed Whom to complain my hue pallid?

G.U. Pope Translation

I willed my lover absent should remain;Of pining's sickly hue to whom shall I complain

Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)

I who (then) consented to the absence of my loving lord, to whom can I (now) relate the fact of my having turned sallow

Tamil commentary

என்னை விரும்பிய என்னவர் பிரியச் சம்மதித்த நான், அவர் பிரிவைத் தாங்காமல் பசலை கொண்ட என் மேனியின் இயல்பை யாரிடம் போய்ச் சொல்வேன்?

Chapter 119

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Kural 1181

My lover's parting, I allowed Whom to complain my hue pallid?

Kural 1182

Claiming it is begot through him Pallor creeps and rides over my frame

Kural 1183

He seized my beauty and modesty Leaving pangs and Pallor to me

Kural 1184

He is my thought, his praise my theme Yet this pallor steals over my frame

Kural 1185

My lover departed me there And pallor usurped my body here

Kural 1186

Just as darkness waits for light-off Pallor looks for lover's arms-off

Kural 1187

From his embrace I turned a nonce This pallor swallowed me at once

Kural 1188

On my pallor they cast a slur But none says \"lo he parted her\"

Kural 1189

Let all my body become pale If he who took my leave fares well

Kural 1190

Let people call me all pallid But my lover let them not deride