Friendship of the good and bad

Long at first, truncating then on, Short to start, sounder as goes on, Like forenoon and post-noon shadows, Friendship of the good and bad goes. ________________________ Translation |34.09.2024| good, bad, friendship Poet’s note: Sanskrit has thousands of verses of wisdom called Subhashhitam. This verse talks about friendship and compares it with the shadows cast from sunrise to noon, and then from noon to sunset-- long to start with and then shortening (of the evil), and short to begin with but growing big as time passes (of the good). The transliteration of the Sanskrit verse follows: Aarambha gurvee, kshhayinee kramena, laghvee puraa, vriddhi-matee cha pashchaat | Dinasya poorvaardha paraardha bhinnaa, chhaaya iva maitreem khala sajjanaanaam ||