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THE END OF SONG.
(Jami.)
“I sang when I was young,
Ah, me, how merrily then.
I captured the notes of birds,
I won the hearts of men.
Ah, me, how merrily then.
I captured the notes of birds,
I won the hearts of men.
My singing days are done:
Why should an old man sing?
Why hover about a nest,
When the birds have taken wing?
Why should an old man sing?
Why hover about a nest,
When the birds have taken wing?
They go, and come not back;
It is a hint, I see,
That I have stayed too long,
And men are tired of me.”
It is a hint, I see,
That I have stayed too long,
And men are tired of me.”
These were the words of Jami, who
Still sang, as poets wont to do,
Songs against singing. Critics say
That Jami is alive to-day.
Still sang, as poets wont to do,
Songs against singing. Critics say
That Jami is alive to-day.
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