[991] Why, vulture, do you lament? What indeed is this lamentation of yours?
Never have I heard or seen a bird that speaks human speech.
[Siam Raṭṭha page footnotes — variant readings in other editions:
¹ Burmese ed.: bhikkhā ca. ² Sinhalese and Burmese eds.: maraṇasaññino. ³ Burmese ed.: laddhāya yakkhā. ⁴ Burmese ed.: rasasā upetaṃ. ⁵ Burmese ed.: hehiti bhikkhite. ⁶ Sinhalese and European eds.: mamesa. ⁷ Burmese ed.: sutano. ⁸ Burmese ed.: gacchamādāya. ⁹ Burmese ed.: baddhosmi.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.