Living
Bulbul's song, through night hours cold
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
BULBUL'S song, through night hours cold,
Rose to Allah's throne on high;
To reward her melody,
Giveth he a cage of gold.
Such a cage are limbs of men,--
Though at first she feels confin'd,
Yet when all she brings to mind,
Straight the spirit sings again.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Bulbul's song, through night hours cold.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/377/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Bulbul's song, through night hours cold.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/377/.
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