Jeong Yakyong 丁若鏞
1832 · Joseon Korea · From a sequence of six written at seventy-one: a bald head, lost teeth, dim eyes, deaf ears, verse written as he pleases, and a game of go
One of an old man's pleasures: going deaf comes next. The world's noise has no good sound in it; nearly all of it is who is right and who is wrong.
老人一快事 耳聾又次之
世聲無好音 大都皆是非Yeoyudang jeonseo, "An Old Man's Pleasures," fourth poem
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c. 600 · pre-Islamic Arabia
I am weary of the burdens of life. Whoever lives eighty years, believe me, grows weary.
سئمت تكاليف الحياة ، ومن يعش
ثمانين حولا لا أبا لك يسأمThe Muallaqa, Divan of Zuhayr
Usama ibn Munqidh أسامة بن منقذ
c. 1185 · Shaizar, Syria · At ninety
When I rise, I feel I am carrying a mountain, and when I walk, I walk like a man in fetters.
فإذا نهضت حسبت أني حامل
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Jeong Yakyong 丁若鏞
1832 · Joseon Korea
One of an old man's pleasures: a game of go now and then with a guest or a friend. I always pick the weakest player and shake my head to dodge the strong.
老人一快事 時與賓朋奕
必求最拙手 掉頭避強敵Yeoyudang jeonseo, "An Old Man's Pleasures," sixth poem
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