Living
Epigram LXII
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
While other birds at will may go
Where the free winds of heaven blow,
You, silly prattler, as the wage
Of your sweet singing, languish in a cage.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXII.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/59/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXII.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/59/.
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