I KNOW my soul hath power to know all things,
Yet she is blind and ignorant in all:
I know I'm one of Nature's little kings,
Yet to the least and vilest things am thrall.
I know my life 's a pain and but a span;
I know my sense is mock'd in everything;
And, to conclude, I know myself a Man--
Which is a proud and yet a wretched thing.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
This is a very good 17th Century poem written by a contemporary of Francis Bacon and typical of it's time.