בָּכֹה לַמֵּת כִּי חָשַׁךְ אוֹרוֹ ובָכֹה לַבַּעַר כִּי חָשַׁךְ שִׁכְלוֹ
צָרִיךְ לְהִצְטַעֵר עַל הַטִּפְּשִׁים שֶׁאֵינָם יְכוֹלִים לִלְמֹד וּלְהַעֲשִׁיר אֶת עוֹלָמָם מַמָּשׁ כְּשֵׁם שֶׁבּוֹכִים עַל הַנִּפְטָר.
("בָּכֹה לַמֵּת כִּי חָשַׁךְ אוֹרוֹ ובָכֹה לְבַעֵר כִּי חָשַׁךְ שִׂכְלוֹ... אֲבָל לַמֵּת שְׂבֵעַת יָמִים, וְאֵבֶל לְסַכֵּל כָּל יָמָיו" – בֶּן סִירָא, כב, י-יב).
תרגום
ביטוי (אנגלית)
Weep for the dead for his light has been extinguished; weep for the ignorant for his mind has been extinguished
הגדרה (אנגלית)
One should feel sorrow for the foolish who are unable to learn and enrich their world, just as one weeps for the deceased.
("Weep for the dead for his light has been extinguished; weep for the ignorant for his mind has been extinguished... But one who dies full of days, and mourning for one who has frustrated all his days." – Ben Sira 22:10-12)