Translation
Paraphrase
I turned away from looking at specific situations and looked at the panoramic view and all I saw was vapor-like frustrations everywhere in this world.
Footnotes
1: “I saw vapor under the sun”
This serves as a summary statement. He is saying, “I could give many more examples because they are all around us; life is full of frustrating situations that resemble a vapor.” But he goes on to give more examples anyway.