Living
Epigram LXXII
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Old age like as a tiger held at bay —
Still crouches; sly diseases day by day
Our leaguered body sap;
As water from a broken urn, so leak
Our wasting minutes; — lo, this people seek
Oblivion in love's lap.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXII.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/67/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXII.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/67/.
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