The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 1190

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The Pallid Hue · Love

பசப்பெனப் பேர்பெறுதல் நன்றே நயப்பித்தார் நல்காமை தூற்றார் எனின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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பசப்பெனப் பேர்பெறுதல் நன்றே நயப்பித்தார் நல்காமை தூற்றார் எனின்.

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'Tis well, though men deride me for my sickly hue of pain; If they from calling him unkind, who won my love, refrain.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain