'If only youthness may come back a day so I may lament to it the grayness'
Arabic poetry
يا ليت الشباب يعود يوما، لأخبره بما فعل المشيب
If only youthness may come back a day, so I may (complain/unbosom my feelings to it/tell it/lament to it/open my heart so it may sympathise with me/feel what I am feeling) what the grayness (signifies being old) has done.'
I just want to note that it's so eloquent in Arabic and so colourful because youthness is (Shabab meaning the youth) and grayness is (Masheeb). There's a similarity in the way it is pronounced and written. Gives it an extra spice. Maybe as english speakers, you can't see it but in Arabic it's extremely colourful.
Any idiom, proverb or piece of poetry suchlike?
It's said as a lamentation about what being old has done, limiting one's options & not being able to do and enjoy what one used to do in dint of ailment or inability. It may also be said as a yearning to something pleasurable that happened in the past & is now unreturnable.
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Arabic poetry
يا ليت الشباب يعود يوما، لأخبره بما فعل المشيب
If only youthness may come back a day, so I may (complain/unbosom my feelings to it/tell it/lament to it/open my heart so it may sympathise with me/feel what I am feeling) what the grayness (signifies being old) has done.'
I just want to note that it's so eloquent in Arabic and so colourful because youthness is (Shabab meaning the youth) and grayness is (Masheeb). There's a similarity in the way it is pronounced and written. Gives it an extra spice. Maybe as english speakers, you can't see it but in Arabic it's extremely colourful.
Any idiom, proverb or piece of poetry suchlike?
It's said as a lamentation about what being old has done, limiting one's options & not being able to do and enjoy what one used to do in dint of ailment or inability. It may also be said as a yearning to something pleasurable that happened in the past & is now unreturnable.
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Inclusive of pun, there's Nostalgia ain't what it used to be
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 18:09
It's a little more abstract, but there's "Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now" from Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages".
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:26
There's also this excerpt from Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. It's more of a lamentation about being paralyzed by choice in one's youth rather than regret for any particular choice.
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:34
2
Not to mention Youth is wasted on the young.
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 19:03
From Louis Aragon: "One fine day, the future becomes the past. It's then we turn back and see our youth".
– Graffito
Dec 16 '15 at 22:09
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Arabic poetry
يا ليت الشباب يعود يوما، لأخبره بما فعل المشيب
If only youthness may come back a day, so I may (complain/unbosom my feelings to it/tell it/lament to it/open my heart so it may sympathise with me/feel what I am feeling) what the grayness (signifies being old) has done.'
I just want to note that it's so eloquent in Arabic and so colourful because youthness is (Shabab meaning the youth) and grayness is (Masheeb). There's a similarity in the way it is pronounced and written. Gives it an extra spice. Maybe as english speakers, you can't see it but in Arabic it's extremely colourful.
Any idiom, proverb or piece of poetry suchlike?
It's said as a lamentation about what being old has done, limiting one's options & not being able to do and enjoy what one used to do in dint of ailment or inability. It may also be said as a yearning to something pleasurable that happened in the past & is now unreturnable.
idiom-requests poetry
asked Dec 15 '15 at 18:06
user151577user151577
30915
Arabic poetry
يا ليت الشباب يعود يوما، لأخبره بما فعل المشيب
If only youthness may come back a day, so I may (complain/unbosom my feelings to it/tell it/lament to it/open my heart so it may sympathise with me/feel what I am feeling) what the grayness (signifies being old) has done.'
I just want to note that it's so eloquent in Arabic and so colourful because youthness is (Shabab meaning the youth) and grayness is (Masheeb). There's a similarity in the way it is pronounced and written. Gives it an extra spice. Maybe as english speakers, you can't see it but in Arabic it's extremely colourful.
Any idiom, proverb or piece of poetry suchlike?
It's said as a lamentation about what being old has done, limiting one's options & not being able to do and enjoy what one used to do in dint of ailment or inability. It may also be said as a yearning to something pleasurable that happened in the past & is now unreturnable.
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idiom-requests poetry
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Inclusive of pun, there's Nostalgia ain't what it used to be
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 18:09
It's a little more abstract, but there's "Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now" from Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages".
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:26
There's also this excerpt from Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. It's more of a lamentation about being paralyzed by choice in one's youth rather than regret for any particular choice.
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:34
2
Not to mention Youth is wasted on the young.
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 19:03
From Louis Aragon: "One fine day, the future becomes the past. It's then we turn back and see our youth".
– Graffito
Dec 16 '15 at 22:09
add a comment |
2
Inclusive of pun, there's Nostalgia ain't what it used to be
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 18:09
It's a little more abstract, but there's "Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now" from Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages".
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:26
There's also this excerpt from Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. It's more of a lamentation about being paralyzed by choice in one's youth rather than regret for any particular choice.
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:34
2
Not to mention Youth is wasted on the young.
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 19:03
From Louis Aragon: "One fine day, the future becomes the past. It's then we turn back and see our youth".
– Graffito
Dec 16 '15 at 22:09
2
2
Inclusive of pun, there's Nostalgia ain't what it used to be
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 18:09
Inclusive of pun, there's Nostalgia ain't what it used to be
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 18:09
It's a little more abstract, but there's "Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now" from Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages".
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:26
It's a little more abstract, but there's "Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now" from Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages".
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:26
There's also this excerpt from Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. It's more of a lamentation about being paralyzed by choice in one's youth rather than regret for any particular choice.
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:34
There's also this excerpt from Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. It's more of a lamentation about being paralyzed by choice in one's youth rather than regret for any particular choice.
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:34
2
2
Not to mention Youth is wasted on the young.
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 19:03
Not to mention Youth is wasted on the young.
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 19:03
From Louis Aragon: "One fine day, the future becomes the past. It's then we turn back and see our youth".
– Graffito
Dec 16 '15 at 22:09
From Louis Aragon: "One fine day, the future becomes the past. It's then we turn back and see our youth".
– Graffito
Dec 16 '15 at 22:09
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If youth knew, if age could, Sigmund Freud
The phrase laments the inexperience and/or lack of wisdom of youth and the lack of energy of old age.
The phrase goes back much further; see The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs here
Cf. H. Estienne Les Premices (1594) 173
O si la ievnesse scavoit, O si la vieillesse povvoit
translated as here
If when you’re young you only knew, if when you’re older you still
could.
answered Dec 16 '15 at 21:35
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A certain song comes to my mind.
May not be as descriptive a prose as you expected.
The lyrics to the song goes like this.
"God, tell us the reason, why youth is wasted on the young"
Clearly implies the young do not know the value of what they have until much later in life. And it causes them to yearn for the time which was wasted.
Hope this will help.
answered Dec 21 '15 at 8:28
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Can this work with you? “Hoping to have the Youth returned instantaneously, just to tell it about how aging makes us live tenuously”
I've created it myself so, you can give me your feedback.
answered 5 mins ago
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If youth knew, if age could, Sigmund Freud
The phrase laments the inexperience and/or lack of wisdom of youth and the lack of energy of old age.
The phrase goes back much further; see The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs here
Cf. H. Estienne Les Premices (1594) 173
O si la ievnesse scavoit, O si la vieillesse povvoit
translated as here
If when you’re young you only knew, if when you’re older you still
could.
answered Dec 16 '15 at 21:35
ab2ab2
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If youth knew, if age could, Sigmund Freud
The phrase laments the inexperience and/or lack of wisdom of youth and the lack of energy of old age.
The phrase goes back much further; see The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs here
Cf. H. Estienne Les Premices (1594) 173
O si la ievnesse scavoit, O si la vieillesse povvoit
translated as here
If when you’re young you only knew, if when you’re older you still
could.
answered Dec 16 '15 at 21:35
ab2ab2
24k95995
add a comment |
If youth knew, if age could, Sigmund Freud
The phrase laments the inexperience and/or lack of wisdom of youth and the lack of energy of old age.
The phrase goes back much further; see The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs here
Cf. H. Estienne Les Premices (1594) 173
O si la ievnesse scavoit, O si la vieillesse povvoit
translated as here
If when you’re young you only knew, if when you’re older you still
could.
answered Dec 16 '15 at 21:35
ab2ab2
24k95995
If youth knew, if age could, Sigmund Freud
The phrase laments the inexperience and/or lack of wisdom of youth and the lack of energy of old age.
The phrase goes back much further; see The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs here
Cf. H. Estienne Les Premices (1594) 173
O si la ievnesse scavoit, O si la vieillesse povvoit
translated as here
If when you’re young you only knew, if when you’re older you still
could.
answered Dec 16 '15 at 21:35
ab2ab2
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answered Dec 16 '15 at 21:35
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answered Dec 16 '15 at 21:35
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A certain song comes to my mind.
May not be as descriptive a prose as you expected.
The lyrics to the song goes like this.
"God, tell us the reason, why youth is wasted on the young"
Clearly implies the young do not know the value of what they have until much later in life. And it causes them to yearn for the time which was wasted.
Hope this will help.
answered Dec 21 '15 at 8:28
SophiaSophia
2171412
add a comment |
A certain song comes to my mind.
May not be as descriptive a prose as you expected.
The lyrics to the song goes like this.
"God, tell us the reason, why youth is wasted on the young"
Clearly implies the young do not know the value of what they have until much later in life. And it causes them to yearn for the time which was wasted.
Hope this will help.
answered Dec 21 '15 at 8:28
SophiaSophia
2171412
add a comment |
A certain song comes to my mind.
May not be as descriptive a prose as you expected.
The lyrics to the song goes like this.
"God, tell us the reason, why youth is wasted on the young"
Clearly implies the young do not know the value of what they have until much later in life. And it causes them to yearn for the time which was wasted.
Hope this will help.
answered Dec 21 '15 at 8:28
SophiaSophia
2171412
A certain song comes to my mind.
May not be as descriptive a prose as you expected.
The lyrics to the song goes like this.
"God, tell us the reason, why youth is wasted on the young"
Clearly implies the young do not know the value of what they have until much later in life. And it causes them to yearn for the time which was wasted.
Hope this will help.
answered Dec 21 '15 at 8:28
SophiaSophia
2171412
answered Dec 21 '15 at 8:28
SophiaSophia
2171412
answered Dec 21 '15 at 8:28
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Can this work with you? “Hoping to have the Youth returned instantaneously, just to tell it about how aging makes us live tenuously”
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Can this work with you? “Hoping to have the Youth returned instantaneously, just to tell it about how aging makes us live tenuously”
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Can this work with you? “Hoping to have the Youth returned instantaneously, just to tell it about how aging makes us live tenuously”
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Can this work with you? “Hoping to have the Youth returned instantaneously, just to tell it about how aging makes us live tenuously”
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Inclusive of pun, there's Nostalgia ain't what it used to be
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 18:09
It's a little more abstract, but there's "Ah, but I was so much older then / I'm younger than that now" from Bob Dylan's "My Back Pages".
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:26
There's also this excerpt from Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. It's more of a lamentation about being paralyzed by choice in one's youth rather than regret for any particular choice.
– nollidge
Dec 15 '15 at 18:34
2
Not to mention Youth is wasted on the young.
– FumbleFingers
Dec 15 '15 at 19:03
From Louis Aragon: "One fine day, the future becomes the past. It's then we turn back and see our youth".
– Graffito
Dec 16 '15 at 22:09