Rumi: It is on account of their sweet voices That choice parrots and nightingales are prisoned in cages; Ugly owls and crows a

It is on account of their sweet voices That choice parrots and nightingales are — Rumi

It is on account of their sweet voices That choice parrots and nightingales are prisoned in cages; Ugly owls and crows are never prisoned in cages, Such a thing was never heard of in history.

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