DRINK PRECIOUS WINE WITH MOSQUITOES IN IT

Saxon mosquitoes of refined sips,

dandruff of the tastiest two-liter jugs,

since the flame has its butterflies,

you wish the must to have winoflies;

flying garnishes, wretched atoms,

drunken motes, vinaceous birds,

wine-envying fluff,

bees of the honey of bacon;

nits of the vintage, I'll allow you

into my gullet, since your rope is

the grandson of the vine, blessed liquor.

Set to rowing toward my Adam's apple;

and, drinking you all down, I'll take back

the wine you drank and that drowns you.

Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas

Translation from Swallowing Mosquitoes, Wine,and Supplement with Quevedo by John GardnerRose-Hulman Institute of Technology http://rmmla.wsu.edu/ereview/60.1/articles/gardner.asp (The Title was translated by me)