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Kural 1190
பசப்புறு பருவரல்
The Pallid Hue
பசப்பெனப் பேர்பெறுதல் நன்றே நயப்பித்தார்
நல்காமை தூற்றார் எனின்.
Pasappenap Perperudhal Nandre Nayappiththaar / Nalkaamai Thootraar Enin
English
Let people call me all pallid But my lover let them not deride
— 'Tis well, though men deride me for my sickly hue of pain;If they from calling him unkind, who won my love, refrain
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)