But we hae meat and we can eat... ― А у нас тут есть, что есть, да при этом есть, чем есть...

THE SELKIRK GRACE, is a prayer said afore eatin that's attreebute tae Robert Burns Роберт Бёрнс

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be Thankit!

On page 173 o The complete works of Robert Burns (Gebbie Self-interpreting edeetion in 6 volumms set furth by Bigelow, Brown & Co., New York). The beuk rig is embossed "Library Edition" an the latest copyright date is 1909 hauden by James Perkins & Co.

Volume IV haes a fitmerk "Epigram on the Laird of Laggan". The relevant pairt reads:
"In connection with the poet's visit to the seat of the Earl of Selkirk, it is stated by Cunningham,[wha?] that at one of the meals there, Burns was asked to say Grace, and he delivered what is usually styled 'The Selkirk Grace'":
Some Folk hae meat that canna eat,
And some can eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
So let the Lord be Thanket!

ЗАЗДРАВНЫЙ ТОСТ

У которых есть, что есть, — те подчас не могут есть,
А другие могут есть, да сидят без хлеба.
А у нас тут есть, что есть, да при этом есть, чем есть, —
Значит, нам благодарить остается небо!

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