Nr. 136
Calcutta nr. 136
Those who have come hither are agitated
(And are) anxious for glory & mirth and drunkenness
They drink of the bowl & become silent
They are all embraced in the dust of eternity .
FitzGerald 1879 - 22
For some we loved, the loveliest and the best
That from his Vintage rolling Time hath prest,
Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before,
And one by one crept silently to rest.
Payne 1898 - 252
This caravan of Life, since swift of flight it passeth,
Enjoy the moment's space when in delight it passeth:
Why fret thyself for friends and their to-morrow's troubles,
Skinker? Come, fill the cup, for see the night, it passeth.
Thompson 1906 - 281
Those hither come that in ambition vie.
Distraught by drink, pleasures and luxury.
The goblet drain and silent in the earth
Wrapt in the sleep of Naught together lie.
Whinfield 1883 - 237
Many have come, and run their eager race,
Striving for pleasures, luxuries, or place,
And quaffed their wine, and now all silent lie,
Enfolded in their parent earth’s embrace.