Nr. 165
Calcutta nr. 165 *
Ouseley MS 140 - 77
Drink wine, that will banish thy abundant woes,
and will banish thought of the Seventy-two Sects;
avoid not the alchemist, for, from him,
thou takest one draught, and he banishes a thousand calamities.
Christensen 1927 - 42
Drink wine, for it will relieve thee of the Too-much
and the Too-little, and it will relieve thee of all care for the seventy-two sects.
Avoid not that philosopher's stone, for if thou drinkest one
man thereof, it will relieve thee of a thousand maladies.
Heron-Allen 1899 - 59
Drink wine, that will banish thine abundant woes.
And will banish thought of the Seventy-two Sects;
Avoid not the Alchemist, from whom
Thou takest one draught, and he banishes a thousand calamities.
Payne 1898 - 308
Drink wine, for the thought from thee of plenty and dearth 't will bear;
The cark of the threescore and twelve creeds of the earth 't will bear.
Shun not this Elixir of Life, for, drink but a pottle thereof,
A thousand ailments and pains away in the birth 't will bear.
Thompson 1906 - 243
From thought of wealth or want the heart to free,
And two and seventy Creeds' perplexity,
Drink wine, for take one draught, a thousand ills
It cures, forswear not then its alchemy.
Whinfield 1883 - 194
Drink wine to root up metaphysic weeds,
And tangle of the two-and-seventy creeds;
Do not forswear that wondrous alchemy,
'Twill turn to gold, and cure a thousand needs.