כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין זִכְר֧וֹן לֶחָכָ֛ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִ֖יל לְעוֹלָ֑ם בְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞ר הַיָּמִ֤ים הַבָּאִים֙ הַכֹּ֣ל נִשְׁכָּ֔ח וְאֵ֛יךְ יָמ֥וּת הֶחָכָ֖ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִֽיל׃
װאָרום פֿון דעם חכם אַזױ װי פֿון דעם נאַרן בלײַבט ניט קײן זכר אױף אײביק; װײַל אין די קומעדיקע טעג װעט אַלץ זײַן שױן פֿאַרגעסן; און װי שטאַרבט דער חכם? אַזױ װי דער נאַר.
Ecclesiastes
For there is no remembrance of the first ones, [i.e., the earlier generations, for which reason the thing seems to be new]; and the later ones, too, who will be [after us], will not be remembered by those who come after them.
Ecclesiastes
There is no end to all the people, to all [the good] that was before them. The latter ones, too, will not rejoice in it. For this, too, is [the outcome of] vanity and breaking of spirit.