Fame (Pheme, Fama) Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

From a slower beginning, to the rising head,
Multiple tongues, who would but catch,
Of either sex, trumpete, and fly,
The smaller the eye, bigger appear.
Of song, swing and sting,
No sooner to the ground, like a swan's.
Like ant that fly, in the limelight,
Who is destined to perish, gets wings overnight.

Sadiqullah Khan
Islamabad
June 11,3014.

Sculpture of Pheme/Fama on the roof of the Dresden University of Visual Arts. It was sculpted by Robert Henze, it stands on the Brühl's Terrace. @ Wikipedia