Nr. 123
Calcutta nr. 123 *
Ouseley MS 140 - 47
Since life passes; what is Baghdad and what is Balkh?
When the cup is full, what matter if it be sweet or bitter?
Drink wine, for often, after thee and me, this moon
will pass on from the last day of the month to the first, and
from the first to the last.
Christensen 1927 - 93
When life vanishes, what then is Baghdad, what is Balkh?
When the measure of our cup is full, what matter if the drink be sweet or bitter?
Drink wine, for after me and thee this moon will pass
many times from the last day of the month to to the first of the next and from the first to the last.
Heron-Allen 1899 - 8a
Since life passes; what is Baghdad and what is Balkh?
When the cup is full, what matter if it be sweet or bitter?
Drink wine, for often, after thee and me, this moon
Will pass on from the last day of the month to the first. and from the first to the last.
Nicolas 1867 - 106
Cette caravane de la vie passe d'une manière bien étrange! Sois sur tes gardes, ami, car c'est le temps de la joie qui s'échappe ainsi! Ne t'inquiète donc pas du chagrin qui demain attend nos amis, et apporte-moi vite la coupe, car vois comme la nuit s'écoule!
Payne 1898 - 236
At Balkh or at Baghdad what matters? Die we must.
The cup full, what skills sweet or bitter, pain or lust?
Drink wine, for many a moon will pass from full to new
And new to full again, when thou and I are dust.
Thompson 1906 - 663
Since Life moves on, what matters sweet or sour?
What Balkh or Baghdad when the cup brims o'er?
Drink wine ! for oft this moon from new to full,
From full to new will pass and we no more!
Whinfield 1883 - 134
When life is spent, what's Balkh or Nishapore?
What sweet or bitter, when the cup runs o'er?
Come drink! full many a moon will wax and wane
In times to come, when we are here no more.