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The wine ode
al-Khamriyah
Be drunk from
it,
if only for the life of an hour,
and you will see time a willing slave
under your command.
For there is no life in this world
for one who lives here sober;
who does not die drunk on it,
prudence has passed him by.
So let him weep for himself,
one who wasted his life
never having won a share
or measure of this wine.
if only for the life of an hour,
and you will see time a willing slave
under your command.
For there is no life in this world
for one who lives here sober;
who does not die drunk on it,
prudence has passed him by.
So let him weep for himself,
one who wasted his life
never having won a share
or measure of this wine.
Ode al vino
Inebriati di questo
se pure per la vita di un'ora
vedrai il tempo volontario schiavo
ai tuoi ordini.
Non c'è vita a questo mondo
per chi viva qui sobrio
che non muoia ebbro
la cautela lo oltrepassa.
Lascialo piangere da solo
chi spreca la vita
senza vincer mai la parte
o la misura di questo vino.
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