Nr. 181
Calcutta nr. 181
I go, & after me the era remains confounded
With that that of 100 pearls not one remains threaded
Alas that 100,000 subtle questions
From the dullness of men remain unexpended
Nicolas 1867 - 152
Nous voilà parti et le temps est attristé de notre départ; car de cent perles précieuses il n'y en a qu'une de percée. Hélas! c'est grâce à l'ignorance des hommes que cent mille idées d'un profond sont restées inexprimées.
Payne 1898 - 377
We go and the age for us all undistressed abideth;
Pierced, of an hundred pearls, scarce one, at best, abideth;
A thousand fine conceits and thoughts an hundred thousand,
For the witlessness of the folk, each unexpressed abideth.
Thompson 1906 - 225
When we depart the world is not distressed;
Nor one pierced of a hundred pearls possessed;
Alas! a hundred thousand subtle thoughts
From people's ignorance die unexpressed!
Winfield 1883 - 173
Soon shall I go, by time and fate deplored,
Of all my precious pearls not one is bored;
Alas! there die with me a thousand truths
To which these fools fit audience ne'er accord.