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The-Lamentation-of-the-Old-Pensioner

Mention three things old man laments about. Why is he sad about m?

The old pensioner laments about many things considering his youth he expresses those three things as following:

  • He laments for the time. When he was young he used to sit with beautiful young girls and talked about love affairs. Those girls are still in his mind but his oldness has become painful and he feels sad.

  • He shows his lamentation for the time when he was young he used to feel happy, strong and energetic. But he has become old and lost all his stamina of his young. By comparing his youth with present old age, he becomes sad.

  • The old pensioner was very popular and prestigious in the youthful days. But now time has transfigured him popular to unpopular and enemy for him. He becomes sad for the curl treatment of time upon his life.

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