What do we earn for all our gentle grace?
A body stiff and cold from foot to face.
If you have beauty, what is beauty worth?
A mask to hide it, made of common earth.
What do we get for all our song and prattle?
A gasp for longer breath, and then a rattle.
What do we earn for dreams, and our high teaching?
The worms' contempt, that have no time for preaching.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Some times our heart revolts when our talents and hard work go unnoticed.We feel worthless, undesired. It is a poem about the downtrodden whose worth we ignore.