Virtue wears a light veil,
Vice comes wearing a mask
And gets a ready bail
That makes hard virtue's task.
The mask helps hiding vice,
The veil loads virtue's dice.
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Quatrain | 10.12.2017 |
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Virtue wears a light veil...the greatest truth! I will not utter its counter part! Excellent work sir......10
Great truth, you're right. In Mahabharata there is an episode involving demon's Guru Shukracharya's daughter Sarmishtha and her friend. They take a dip in a lake after removing their clothes, and when they return their clothes are exchanged. This has a take on what happens when truth and falsehood, virtue and vice, wear each other's garments. Thank you Dr Swain.