Thirukkural 1190 in English
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Tamil original
பசப்பெனப் பேர்பெறுதல் நன்றே நயப்பித்தார்
நல்காமை தூற்றார் எனின்.
Transliteration
Pasappenap Perperudhal Nandre Nayappiththaar
Nalkaamai Thootraar Enin
Modern English
“If no one blames the beloved who persuaded me to let him go, I would rather be known as the woman who turned pale.”
Modern Interpretation
If no one blames the beloved who persuaded me to let him go, I would rather be known as the woman who turned pale. When people protect the person who left, even being known for the sadness feels preferable.
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Modern Plain English
If no one blames the beloved who persuaded me to let him go, I would rather be known as the woman who turned pale.
Poetic Couplet (Bharati)
Let people call me all pallid But my lover let them not deride
G.U. Pope Translation
'Tis well, though men deride me for my sickly hue of pain;If they from calling him unkind, who won my love, refrain
Classical Meaning (Drew & Lazarus)
It would be good to be said of me that I have turned sallow, if friends do not reproach with unkindness him who pleased me (then)
Tamil commentary
என்னைச் சம்மதிக்கச் செய்து பிரிந்தவர் இன்னும் வராமல் இருப்பதை எண்ணி அவரை ஏசாமல், இவளே பசலை ஆயினாள் என்று இம்மக்கள் சொல்லுவர் என்றால் அப்படி ஓரு பெயரைப் பெறுவதும் நல்லதே.
Chapter 119
More from The Pallid Hue
பசப்புறு பருவரல்
My lover's parting, I allowed Whom to complain my hue pallid?
Kural 1182Claiming it is begot through him Pallor creeps and rides over my frame
Kural 1183He seized my beauty and modesty Leaving pangs and Pallor to me
Kural 1184He is my thought, his praise my theme Yet this pallor steals over my frame
Kural 1185My lover departed me there And pallor usurped my body here
Kural 1186Just as darkness waits for light-off Pallor looks for lover's arms-off
Kural 1187From his embrace I turned a nonce This pallor swallowed me at once
Kural 1188On my pallor they cast a slur But none says \"lo he parted her\"
Kural 1189Let all my body become pale If he who took my leave fares well
Kural 1190Let people call me all pallid But my lover let them not deride