Living
Epigram LXXIX
Translated by Paul Elmer More (1898) · From A Century of Indian Epigrams (1898)
Living
Life like the billow rolls, and youthful bloom
Finds in a day its doom;
Wealth fleeter is than fancy; pleasure's lash
Is but the lightning flash;
And these dear arms that hold our neck, beguile
Ah, but a little while: —
Rest then the heart in Brahma till we cross
This sea of being where all errors toss.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXIX.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/74/.
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Bhartrihari. “Epigram LXXIX.” Translated by Paul Elmer More. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bhartrihari/74/.
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