Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1071

The friendship of the vile is like the bright hue on the moth’s wing; it vanishes in a moment; its value is lost without service to any one. He is filled with poison, like a snake, in his heart. Tuka says, O God, disclose such villains to me speedily!

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents