When I was a child
I haven’t read enough
All books that were there
That many fortunate children have had
When I was a young man
And haven’t read enough
Those books that exposed
The disdainful ignorance of many
Pompous charlatans
Now that I become a man
And have read books done
By notable scribes of time
But then I found their works
Are hard to understand
Because I haven’t read enough
Now that I become a man