Nr. 100
Calcutta nr. 100
Mankind continues to call me a scoundrel
Behold how they are mistaken ! —I am without sin
O virtuous people ! against me, in contravention of the law,
Is there aught save drunkenness, effeminacy & subterfuge ? (what is the matter ?)
Nicolas 1867 - 88
Le monde ne cesse de me qualifier de dépravé. Je ne suis cependant pas coupable. Ô hommes de sainteté! examinez-vous plutôt vous-mêmes et voyez ce que vous êtes. Vous m'accusez d'agir contrairement au chèr'e (loi du Koran); je n'ai cependant pas commis d'autres péchés que l'ivrognerie, la débauche et l'adultère.
Payne 1898 - 157
Still "lewd" folk dub me, without my fault, perdie;
'T is they that put their own foul fancies on me:
In what, indeed, have I broken God's decree,
Good folk, save toping and wenching and sodomy?
Thompson 1906 - 613
Though people call me lewd continually,
I 'm guiltless, 'tis their fancies fixed on me;
On me in law-breaking! O, good folk, naught
I 've done save drinking and debauchery!
Whinfield 1883 - 90
Here in this palace, where Bahram held sway,
The wild roes drop their young, and tigers stray;
And that great hunter king—ah! well a day!
Now to the hunter death is fallen a prey.