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.

Notes#

Translation © Thanissaro Bhikkhu, from dhammatalks.org, licensed under CC BY 4.0.