Kural - 1181

I willed my lover absent should remain;
Of pining's sickly hue to whom shall I complain

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

Tamil Transliteration
Nayandhavarkku Nalkaamai Nerndhen Pasandhaven
Panpiyaarkku Uraikko Pira.