બેઠક Bethak

બાલાપન એલમેં ખોયા, જુવાની નીંદભર સોયા, ખુઢાપા દેખ દેખ રોયા.

bālāpana ēlamēṁ khōyā, juvānī nīṁdabhara sōyā, khuḍhāpā dēkha dēkha rōyā.

Literally
Childhood was lost in play, youth was slept away, and old age was spent weeping.
What it means
Squandering one's youth brings inevitable grief and regret in old age.

Also said as

  • બાલક રાજી રમાડે, ને બ્રાહ્મણ રાજી જમાડે.
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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