Kural - 1212

If my dark, carp-like eye will close in sleep, as I implore,
The tale of my long-suffering life I'll tell my loved one o'er

Explanation
If my fish-like painted eyes should, at my begging, close in sleep, I could fully relate my sufferings to my lord.

Tamil Transliteration
Kayalunkan Yaanirappath Thunjir Kalandhaarkku
Uyalunmai Saatruven Man.