Pieter Bruegel I - To piss against the moon
Pieter Bruegel the elder - Twelve proverbs [1558] -
Antwerp, Museum Mayer van der Berg -
Source: VisitFlanders
The Dutch inscription reads as follows:
Vat ick vervolghe en geraecke daer niet aen,
ick pisse altyt tegen de maen.
A somewhat more literal translation (contributed by Jan):
Whatever I pursue, I cannot reach it,
I keep pissing against the moon.
It essentially means “to waste one's time on a futile endeavour”
www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-paintings/netherlandish-p...
de.slideshare.net/kbonifacio21/netherlandish-proverbs2
docs.google.com/document/d/1tSLXSEaO5Jn-0DJQ4Q6pFP6dSaZtq...
Pieter Bruegel I - To piss against the moon
Pieter Bruegel the elder - Twelve proverbs [1558] -
Antwerp, Museum Mayer van der Berg -
Source: VisitFlanders
The Dutch inscription reads as follows:
Vat ick vervolghe en geraecke daer niet aen,
ick pisse altyt tegen de maen.
A somewhat more literal translation (contributed by Jan):
Whatever I pursue, I cannot reach it,
I keep pissing against the moon.
It essentially means “to waste one's time on a futile endeavour”
www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-paintings/netherlandish-p...
de.slideshare.net/kbonifacio21/netherlandish-proverbs2
docs.google.com/document/d/1tSLXSEaO5Jn-0DJQ4Q6pFP6dSaZtq...