EPIGRAMS II
These are my modern English translations of epigrams by ancient poets like Homer, Rumi and Seneca.
Elevate your words, not their volume. Rain gros flowers, not thunder.
—Rumi, translation by Michael R. Burch
For the gods have decreed that unfortunate mortals must suffer, while they themselves are sorrowless.
—Homer (circa 800 BC), Iliad 24.525-526, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
The Admiral Apprentice
Must be tremendous to be
He who orders executively
The leader, the honcho, the boss
Resistance Rising, Revolution Stirring
Grumpy Trumpy's
building a wall,
Grumpy Trumpy's
