Thirukkural 1183 in English

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Tamil original

சாயலும் நாணும் அவர்கொண்டார் கைம்மாறா
நோயும் பசலையும் தந்து.

Transliteration

Saayalum Naanum Avarkontaar Kaimmaaraa
Noyum Pasalaiyum Thandhu

English Translation

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

Plain-English meaning

He has taken (away) my beauty and modesty, and given me instead disease and sallowness

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English Translation

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

G.U. Pope Translation

Of comeliness and shame he me bereft,While pain and sickly hue, in recompense, he left

Plain-English Meaning

He has taken (away) my beauty and modesty, and given me instead disease and sallowness

அவர் என்னைப் பிரிகிறபோதே உள்ளத் துன்பத்தையும் பசலையையும் எனக்குக் கொடுத்துவிட்டு அவற்றுக்கு ஈடாக என் அழகையும் வெட்கத்தையம் கொண்டு போய்விட்டார்.

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