બેઠક Bethak

હંસા પ્રીતું કાયકી, વિપત પડે ઊડ જાય;

haṁsā prītuṁ kāyakī, vipata paḍē ūḍa jāya;

Literally
What kind of love is a swan's love; when adversity strikes, it flies away.
What it means
Fair-weather friends abandon one at the first sign of trouble.

Also said as

  • સાચી પ્રીત શેવાળની, જળ મેળી સુકાય.
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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