Bodleian quatrain nr. 57
Cadell 1899 - 75
As those, who sink in deserts' dusty ways
This life's foundations, separation raise
Between man's heart and his rejoicing soul;
So ere, like barn-door cock o'erfilled with pride,
They with the knife my crimson gorge divide,
I'll press my lips to the wine's gladsome bowl.
Grolleau 1902 - 57
Ceux dont les croyances sont basées sur l'hypocrisie
Veulent faire une distinction entre l'âme et le corps.
Moi, je sais que le vin seul a le mot de l'énigme
Et qu'il donne conscience d'une parfaite Unité.
Heron-Allen 1898 - 57
Those whose beliefs are founded upon hypocrisy,
come and draw a distinction between the body and the soul;
I will put the wine jar on my head, if, when I have done so,
they place a comb upon my head, as if I were a cock.
De Marthold 1910 - 57
Ceux dont l'hypocrisie a l'ombre pour clarté
Séparent âme et corps au nom de vérité.
Je sais que le vin seul a le mot de l'énigme
Et démontre à l'esprit la parfaite Unité.
Von der Porten 1927 - 57
Ceux dont l'hypocrisie a l'ombre pour clarté
Séparent âme et corps au nom de vérité.
Je sais que le vin seul a le mot de l'énigme
Et démontre à l'esprit la parfaite Unité.
Rosen 1928 - 82
Those who have laid the foundation of their zeal on hypocrisy
Strive to draw a distinction between soul and body.
Hereafter I will place on the parting of my hair the goblet of wine,
Even if they place a comb like the cock's on my head.
Talbot 1908 - 57
The hypocrites who make Belief a law,
'Twixt Soul and Body nice distinctions draw;
But I would still maintain my faith in Wine,
Though in the goblet Death himself I saw.
Thompson 1906 - 835
They come whose faith rests but in fallacies,
'Twixt soul and body draw distinctions nice;
If on my head they 'd place a saw, I 'll put
The wine jar on it after this, likewise.
Tirtha 1941 - X.31
And those who practice cheating as an art
Maintain that life and body live apart;
These coxcomb fools! I'll stake my jug for head,
If cock's comb on my pate they could impart.
Whinfield 1883 - 236
These hypocrites who build on saintly show,
Treating the body as the spirit's foe,
If they will shut their mouths with lime, like jars,
My jar of grape-juice I will then forego.
- ARBERRY 1949 - 65
- ARBERRY 1952 - 101
- MAHFUZ 1939 - 134