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

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

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

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English Translation

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

Plain-English Meaning

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

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

Chapter 119

பசப்புறு பருவரல்

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

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

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

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

My lover departed me there And pallor usurped my body here

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

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

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

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

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