જે મેં ઐસા જનતી, પ્રીત કિયે દુઃખ હોય; નગર ઢંઢેરા ફેરતી, પ્રીત ન કરીઆ કાય.

jē mēṁ aisā janatī, prīta kiyē duḥkha hōya; nagara ḍhaṁḍhērā phēratī, prīta na karīā kāya.

Literally: Had I known that loving brings suffering, I would have beaten a drum throughout the town warning everyone never to fall in love.
What it means: The pain of heartbreak is so devastating that one wishes they could warn the entire world against falling in love.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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