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The whole world is a stage, men and women are the characters, they only enter and leave.

Every person plays seven roles in his life.

First— A newborn baby,

crying and vomiting everywhere,

in his mother's arms.

Then— A young schoolboy,

with a face as bright as the morning, who, carrying a bag, reluctantly,

creeps towards school like a conch shell.

And— A lover,

Who hums a sad song composed on the forehead of his beloved,

sighs like a thornbush.

After— A soldier,

With a beard like a leopard.

He takes a strange oath 

He is hungry for honor 

He is always ready to fight 

He seeks fleeting fame

Even the curtain in front of the cannon  .

And, then— the judge 

His stomach is full of fast food

He has grown a beard of mercury 

His eyes are sharp 

By using old proverbs, giving fresh examples 

Who is skilled 

And, thus he plays his role . 

Now begins 

The sixth role 

A skinny clown walks around with his slippers on 

There are glasses on the bridge of his nose

A small bag is hanging on his shoulder 

The socks he used to wear when he was young 

Now they are rustling on his dry feet 

The masculine deep voice of a bygone era 

Has become childishly sharp again . 

The final scene— 

Now comes the explosion 

This strange and eventful history 

begins a person 

Second childhood 

Without memory, without teeth, without eyes, without taste 

Without everything . 

(This monologue of the character Jax from Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It' has been translated by

Vinod Bikram KC

.)