Thag 2.13 — Heraññakāni

English translation by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

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Thag 2:13 Heraññakāni

Days & nights
        fly past.
Life
    comes to an end.
The span of mortals
        runs out,
like the water of a piddling stream.

But the fool doing evil deeds
doesn’t realize that later
it’s bitter for him:
evil for him
        the result.