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Translation © by Garrett Medlock

¡Ah llenad las copas!

Language: Spanish (Español) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: ENG

¡Ah, llenad las copas!
¿De qué sirve repetir que el tiempo huye y se desliza bajo nuestros pies?
El pasado ya no existe; el futuro aún no ha llegado.
¿A qué cavilar en ellos si el presente es dulce?

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Luis Sandi (1905 - 1996), "¡Ah llenad las copas!", 1966 [ low voice and piano ], from Poemas del amor y de la muerte [Epigrafes griegos y Rubaiyat, de Omar Khayyam], no. 8, Ediciones Mexicanas de Música [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) , no title, appears in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, First Edition, no. 37, first published 1859 ; composed by Liza Lehmann.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Ah, fill the cups!", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2021-02-24
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Word count: 39

Ah, fill the cups!

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Ah, fill the cups!
What is the use of repeating that time is fleeing and slipping beneath our feet?
The past no longer exists; the future has not yet arrived:
Why ponder them if the present is sweet?

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Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2021 by Garrett Medlock, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2021-02-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 38