Nr. 261
Calcutta nr. 261 *
Ouseley MS 140 - 89
I saw a potter in the bazaar yesterday,
he was violently pounding the fresh clay,
and that clay said to him, in mystic language,
"I was once like thee—so treat me well."
Christensen 1927 - 86
Yesterday I saw a potter in the bazar. He beat the
fresh clay with many strokes,
and that clay said to him in its own language: "Once
I was [a being] like thee; so treat me gently."
Heron-Allen 1899 - 37
I saw a potter in the bazaar yesterday,
He was violently pounding some fresh clay,
And that clay said to him in mystic language,"
I was once like thee—so treat me well."
Nicolas 1867 - 211
Hier, j'ai remarqué au bazar un potier donnant à outrance des coups de pied à une terre qui'l pétrissait. Cette terre semblait lui dire: Moi aussi j'ai été ton semblable; traite-moi donc avec moins de rigueur.
Payne 1898 - 434
A potter I saw in the market yesterday
With many a buffet belabour a lump of clay.
The which, with the tongue of the case, "Thy like I've been;
Have some regard for me, prithee!" to him did say.
Thompson 1906 - 295
In the Bazaar I saw but yesterday
A potter pounding hard a lump of clay;
The clay cried out to him in mystic tones,
“I once was like thee, treat me gently, pray!"
Whinfield 1883 - 252
I saw a busy potter by the way
Kneading with might and main a lump of clay;
And, lo! the clay cried, "Use me gently, pray;
I was a man myself but yesterday!"