બેઠક Bethak

બાળ પરદેશાંરી ચાકરી, બાળ ગુણિકારે હેત.

bāḷa paradēśāṁrī cākarī, bāḷa guṇikārē hēta.

Literally
Burn service in foreign lands, burn love for a courtesan.
What it means
Servitude far from home and affection given to a prostitute bring only grief.

Also said as

  • બિચારાંનાં બારે ભૂખ્યાં.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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