The end of the feast | When with Socrates the friends did drink

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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Das Ende des Festes

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE IRI

Da mit Sokrates die Freunde tranken
Und die Häupter auf die [Polster]¹ sanken,
Kam ein Jüngling, kann ich mich entsinnen,
Mit zwei schlanken Flötenbläserinnen.
Aus den Kelchen schütten wir die Neigen.
Die gesprächesmüden Lippen schweigen.
Um die welken Kränze zieht ein Singen...
Still, des Todes Schlummerflöten klingen.

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• A. Schibler

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¹ Schibler: "Kissen"

Text Authorship:

by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Das Ende des Festes" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Armin Schibler (1920 - 1986), "Das Ende des Festes", op. 48 no. 15 (1956-8) [contralto and orchestra], from the oratorio Media in vita, no. 15, note: omitted from the revised version of Media in vita [
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by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Das Ende des Festes", op. 60 no. 15 (1946) [medium voice and piano], from Das stille Leuchten: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 15, Wien: Universal Edition [
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by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Das Ende des Festes", 1963. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The end of the feast", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La fin de la fête", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , title 1: "Deireadh an tSéire", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

The end of the feast

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 When with Socrates the friends did drink
 and their heads began to sink onto the upholstery,
 a young man came - I can remember -
 with two slender flute-playing women.

 From our goblets we shake the dregs.
 Lips, tired from speaking, fall silent.
 About the wilted wreaths comes singing:
 silently, Death's slumber-flutes sound.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Das Ende des Festes"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 52