az, ami változni ámha akarna se tudhat, mert azt nem írhattya már le halandó kívánsága. whether has, whether feels a man a peace of mind if his soul is harassed by heavy, sad memories. the continuously clouded time is, what cannot change although it want, because it cannot be written by a mortal's desire. another alternative: íme a szám: a görög periféria pi betűje. euler meg viète végtelen összeggel közelít értékéhez. lám, őt már egyiptom, kína, európa is akarta, hogy „ama kör kerülete úgy ki lehetne számlálva”. albanian kur i hyej, e kryej, sigurisht, po përtoj andaj nuk fitoj if i start dealing with it, i will do it, but i am lazy therefore i do not win. german this statement yields π to twenty-two decimal places: wie, o dies π macht ernstlich so vielen viele müh. lernt immerhin, mägdelein, leichte verselein, wie so zum beispiel dies dürfte zu merken sein. english translation that doesn't encode pi: how, oh this π seriously makes so many struggles to so many. learn at least, girls, simple little verses, just such as this one should be memorizable. looser english translation that encodes pi: woe! o this π makes seriously so muchly many's woe. french the following poem composed of alexandrins consists of words each with a number of letters that yields π to 126 decimal places: que j’aime à faire apprendre un nombre utile aux sages ! immortel archimède, artiste ingénieur, qui de ton jugement peut priser la valeur ? pour moi, ton problème eut de pareils avantages. jadis, mystérieux, un problème bloquait tout l’admirable procédé, l’œuvre grandiose que pythagore découvrit aux anciens grecs. ô quadrature ! vieux tourment du philosophe ! insoluble rondeur, trop longtemps vous avez défié pythagore et ses imitateurs. comment intégrer l’espace plan circulaire ? former un triangle auquel il équivaudra ? nouvelle invention : archimède inscrira dedans un hexagone ; appréciera son aire, fonction du rayon. pas trop ne s’y tiendra : dédoublera chaque élément antérieur ; toujours de l’orbe calculée approchera ; définira limite ; enfin, l’arc, le limiteur de cet inquiétant cercle, ennemi trop rebelle ! professeur, enseignez son problème avec zèle ! how i like to teach this number useful to the wise. immortal archimedes, artist, engineer, in your opinion who could estimate its value? for me, your problem had equal advantages. long ago, mysterious, a problem blocked all the admirable process, the great work that pythagoras revealed to the ancient greeks. oh quadrature! old philosopher's torment unsolvable roundness, for too long you have defied pythagoras and his imitators. how to integrate the plain circular space? form a triangle to which it is equivalent? new invention: archimedes will inscribe inside a hexagon; will appreciate its area function of a ray. not too much to hold onto there: will split each previous element; always the calculated orb will approach will define the limit; finally, the arc, the limiter of this disturbing circle, an enemy too rebellious teacher, teach its problem with zeal an alternative beginning: que j’aime à faire apprendre un nombre utile aux sages ! glorieux archimède, artiste ingénieur, toi de qui syracuse aime encore la gloire, soit ton nom conservé par de savants grimoires ! ... katharevousa (archaizing) greek yielding π to 22 decimal places: ἀεὶ ὁ θεὸς ὀ μέγας γεωμετρεῖ, τὸ κύκλου μῆκος ἵνα ὁρίσῃ διαμέτρῳ, παρήγαγεν ἀριθμὸν ἀπέραντον, καὶ ὅν, φεῦ, οὐδέποτε ὅλον θνητοὶ θὰ εὕρωσι the great god applies geometry forever; to define the length of the circle using its diameter, he produced an infinite number, which, alas, mortals will never find in its entirety. spanish the following piem, giving π to 31 decimal places, is well known in argentina: fue y cayó. y queda solamente la inútil cifra con pocos destinos poderosos, tristes devenires sin el más sencillo bien. idiota, re idiota, sabe que sus encantos son ya latosos decimales. pobre... it went and it fell. and only the useless figure remains, with little powerful destinies, sad future without the simplest goodness. idiotic, very idiotic, it knows that its charms are now boring decimals. poor... another. this piem gives π (correctly rounded) to 10 decimal places. (if you prefer to not round π, then replace "cosmos" with "cielo".) sol y luna y mundo proclaman al eterno autor del cosmos. sun and moon and world proclaim the eternal author of the cosmos. (or "heaven", not cosmos, if using "cielo".) irish (7 decimal places) níl i mata, a shaoi, eolaíocht nó feidhm. wise one, mathematics has neither science nor use. romanian one of the romanian versions of pi poems is: dar o știm, e număr important ce trebuie iubit din toate numerele însemnate diamant neasemuit, cei ce vor temeinic asta prețui ei veșnic bine vor trăi. but we know, it's an important number which should be loved of all the significant numbers it is a peerless diamond those who will sincerely appreciate it will live happy for ever. there is another phrase known in romanian that will help to memorize the number by eight decimal places: așa e bine a scrie renumitul și utilul număr. — "this is the way to write the renowned and useful number." another alternative for 15 decimal places: ion a luat o carte, biografie, în latina veche. are cinci capitole originale clasice latinești. — "ion has bought a book, a biography, in old latin. it has five classical original latin chapters." russian in the russian language, there is a well-known phrase in the reform of 1917 orthography of old tradition: кто и шутя, и скоро пожелаетъ «пи» узнать число — ужъ знаетъ. the one who would wish to know the number pi easily and quickly already knows it. a more modern rhyme is: это я знаю и помню прекрасно, пи многие знаки мне лишни, напрасны. i know the following and remember it perfectly, multitudes of the digits of pi are unnecessary and idle for me. a short approximation is: "что я знаю о кругах?" (what do i know about circles?) in addition, there are several nonfolklore verses that simply rhyme the digits of pi "as is"; for examples, see the russian version of this article. polish the verse of polish mathematician witold rybczyński (35 decimal places): daj, o pani, o boska mnemozyno, pi liczbę, którą też zowią ponętnie ludolfiną, pamięci przekazać tak, by jej dowolnie oraz szybko do pomocy użyć, gdy się problemu nie da inaczej rozwiązać, pauza — to zastąpić liczbami. allow, o lady, o divine mnemosyne, the pi number, which also is called enticingly the ludolphine, to pass to memory, so as to use it freely and quickly for help, when the problem can not be otherwise resolved, pause — this replace by the numbers. (note that the dash stands for zero.) the verse of polish mathematician kazimierz cwojdziński (23 decimal places): kuć i orać w dzień zawzięcie, bo plonów niema bez trudu. złocisty szczęścia okręcie kołyszesz … kuć. my nie czekajmy cudu. robota to potęga ludu. hammer and plow by day obstinately, because there are no fruits without effort. golden ship of happiness, rocking... hammer. let us not wait for a miracle. labor is the power of the people. (12 decimal places): był i jest i wieki sławionym ów będzie, który kół obwód średnicą wymierzył. there was, and there is, and through centuries renowned will be, who circle's circumference measured with its diameter. (10 decimal places) kto z woli i myśli zapragnie pi spisać cyfry, ten zdoła who out of will and mind shall wish to write the digits of pi, shall succeed. an occasionally seen verse related to mundial argentina and the polish football team (30 decimal places): już i lato i deyna / strzelili do bramki obcej / dwa karne / lubański dostrzegł mistrza szarmacha / gdy on tak wypuścił cios szacha / że zdobyć musi cel gry / krzyknął gol na mundial argentyna. already both lato and deyna have scored two penalty kicks to the opponent's goal. lubański noticed the champion szarmach, when he had so released a shah's strike that he's got to attain the objective of the game; he shouted 'goal' at the world cup argentina. portuguese (11 decimal places) cai a neve e novas ferrovias de marfim serão por casas trocadas. the snow falls and new ivory railroads will be exchanged by houses. (8 decimal places) com o zero o lente reprovará os alunos. with zero the university professor will fail the students. or in brazilian portuguese: sim, é útil e fácil memorizar um número grato aos sábios. nós e todo o mundo guardamos pi usando letra por número. sou o medo e temor constante do menino vadio. yes, it's useful and easy to memorize a number dear to the wisemen. we and all the world memorize pi using letter for number. i'm the constant fear and dread of the stray boy. a piem written in a more poetic manner: sou o amor, o homem impetuoso da libido homem que ataca mulheres atraentes, meninas pecadoras que no céu imiscuem amor, paixão, fé, desejo, tudo! até que idolatro com as sereias pecadoras tanta fé! esbeltas mulheres para o musculado, sereias e fêmeas pecadoras até idolatram serpentes com ardente macho. o viril desejará as pecadoras iníquas doravante para amar. i am the love, the impetuous man from the libido man who attacks attractive women, sinful maidens who on heaven intrude love, passion, faith, desire, everything! i even idolize with the mermaids so much faith! luscious women for the brawny, sinful mermaids and females they even idolize serpents with the burning buck. the virile man will wish the sinful and the iniquitous henceforth to love. japanese japanese piphilology has countless mnemonics based on punning words with numbers. this is especially easy in japanese because there are two or three ways to pronounce each digit, and the language has relatively few phonemes to begin with. for example, to 31 decimal places: 身一つ世一つ生くに無意味いわくなく身ふみや読む似ろよさんざん闇になく 3.141592653589793238462643383279 mihitotsuyohitotsuikunimu-imiiwakunaku mifumiyayomuniroyosanzanyami ninaku this is close to being ungrammatical nonsense, but a loose translation prioritizing word order yields: a person is one; the world is one: to live this way, it's meaningless, one says, and cries, "step on it, will ya!" then reads—be the same! crying uncontrollably in the dark. japanese children also use songs built on this principle to memorize the multiplication table. chinese it is possible to construct piphilogical poems in chinese by using homophones or near-homophones of the numbers zero through nine, as in the following well known example which covers 22 decimal places of π. in this example the character meaning "mountain" (山 shān) is used to represent the number "three" (三 sān), the character meaning "i" (吾 wú) is used to represent the number "five" (五 wǔ), and the characters meaning "temple" (寺 sì) and "die" (死 sǐ) are used to represent the number "four" (四 sì). some of the mnemonic characters used in this poem, for example "kill" (殺 shā) for "three" (三 sān), "jug" (壺 hú) for "five" (五 wǔ), "happiness" (樂 lè) for "six" (六 liù) and "eat" (吃 chī) for "seven" (七 qī), are not very close phonetically in mandarin/putonghua. 山巔一寺一壺酒 shāndiānyīsìyīhújiǔ 3.14159 爾樂苦煞吾 ěrlèkǔshāwú 26535 把酒吃酒殺爾 bǎjiǔchījiǔshāěr 897932 殺不死樂爾樂 shābùsǐlèěrlè 384626 this can be translated as: on a mountain top a temple and a jug of wine. your happiness makes me so bitter; take some wine and drink, the wine will kill you; if it does not kill you, i will rejoice in your happiness. turkish sen, o alan o çevre bölününce ve sonsuz rakam ile çıkan değişken dizilimli sayısın. you are the number with infinite digits in changing order, which is found when the circumference and the area is divided. czech (nine decimal places) sám u sebe v hlavě magického pí číslic deset mám. i have ten digits of magical pi in my head. (12 decimal places) lín a kapr u hráze prohlídli si rybáře, udici měl novou, jikrnáči neuplovou. tench and carp by the dam watched the fisher. he has a new rod, fish will not escape. (13 decimal places) dej, ó bože, a číslo ludolfovo já navždy pomnu, pro větší naplnění moudrosti početní. oh god, let me to remember the pi forever, for the increase of mathematical skills. (30 decimal places) mám ó bože ó velký pamatovat si takový cifer řad, velký slovutný archimedes, pomáhej trápenému, dej mu moc, nazpaměť nechť odříká ty slavné