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When you came to this world, The world was laughing at you, while you cried, Now leave the world with works, so eloquent, That you smilema smile of satisfaction, And the world weep for you.
When a baby is born he cries This is his first reaction to the world He is confused, bewildered The trailing cloud of glory is not yet effaced from his memory. The heaven plays about him and he has not yet learned to adjust his vision divine to the narrow cell of the body He cries but people gathered round the crib laugh
The childishness, the innocence, the vision celestial these were our possession We should preserve these gifts though we should leave childishness behind, of course
We are now sensible, thinking men and women, grown-ups everyone following his own profession The poet says we should now leave the world, when the hour strikes, in a way worthy of man. There should be a sraile on our face of having lived a life of benevolence and the sparkle of joy in our eyes of having fulfilled our life's mission People around should be weeping, because they part with a good man This is the real sign of a successful life But if the dying man were troubled as to what would happen to his property, family and so on, take it for a dire sign of his having failed in life
