Nr. 184
Calcutta nr. 184
If you offer up wine to a mountain it will dance
Imbecile is he who abuses wine
What abstinence do you order me to make from wine
It is a spirit that can educate (these) bodies (of ours)
Christensen 1927 - 100
If thou sprinklest wine on the mountain, it dances. A
defective man is he who is deficient in wine.
Why dost thou command me to repent of wine ? Wine
is that spirit which brings out personality.
Nicolas 1867 - 170
Une montagne elle-même danserait de joie si tu l'abreuvais de vin. Il n'y a qu'un insensé qui puisse mépriser la coupe. Tu oses m'ordonner de renoncer à ce jus de la treille! Sache donc que le vin est une âme qui perfectionne l'homme.
Payne 1898 - 378
Wine, poured on a mountain, to dance its soul maketh;
None but fools small account of the brimming bowl maketh:
Nay, how wilt thou have me leave winebibbing, seeing
That wine is a soul, which the body whole maketh?
Thompson 1906 - 235
Wine pour, to dance a mountain 'twould incline;
Lacking indeed is he who lacketh wine;
It is a soul to animate this frame;
How would you bid me then the cup decline?
Winfield 1883 - 186
A draught of wine would make a mountain dance,
Base is the churl who looks at wine askance;
Wine is a soul our bodies to inspire,
A truce to this vain talk of temperance!