| 1 | Autographs considered as a group. | |
| 2 | It did not appear in Russian until 1869. | |
| 3 | Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? | |
| 4 | Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll - are they not in your record? | |
| 5 | The author tells me that he "felt impelled" to write it. |