bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
to be absorbed in; to devote oneself (to); to give oneself over (to)
wretched life; life of misery
to be absorbed in; to devote oneself (to); to give oneself over (to)