Living
Epigram LXXV
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Now Sorrow like a threefold chain
Grapples our heart with triple pain:
And one, the strongest bond I think,
Ourselves we forge and rivet link by link.
Another many-fingered Chance
Still weaves with daily circumstance;
And one some strange malignant Might
Drops clanking round us from an unknown height.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXV.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/70/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXV.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/70/.
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