Love
Epigram XVI
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Love
A traveler pausing at the village well,
His hollowed palms a cup,
Bends down to drink, but caught as by a spell,
With thirst unslaked looks up.
And the fair keeper of the fountain stands,
Her girlish laughter stilled,
Nor careth from her urn into his hands
How thin a stream is spilled.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram XVI.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/15/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram XVI.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/15/.
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