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Der sei nicht mein Genoss', der mir zum [Weine]1 beim vollen Becher [von]2 Fehden erzählt und [vom]3 leidigen Krieg; [Vielmehr der in geselligem Frohsinn gerne der Musen Und Aphrodites holdseliger Gaben gedenkt.]4 Nicht nach der Thrakerin [mehr neigt]5 sich verlangend mein Herz. [Zum Weintrinker gemacht bin ich.]6
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotes1 Eisler: "Wein"
2 Eisler: "nicht von"
3 Eisler: "nicht vom"
4 Eisler: "Sondern vielmehr in geselligem Frohsinn schwelgt und gerne von den Musen/ Und Aphrodites holdseligen Gaben mir schwätzt."
5 Eisler: "neigt"
6 Eisler: "Denn zum Weintrinker bin ich gemacht."
Text Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Aus den Elegien", appears in Griechische Lyrik, in 5. Anakreon Lieder, no. 38-40 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Geselligkeit betreffend", 1943, from Anakreontische Fragmente, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Geselligkeit betreffend", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 31 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 53
He shall not be my companion, who, to the accompaniment of a full goblet Of wine, [talks]1 to me of feuds and of the tiresome war; [But rather he who in convivial gaiety gladly turns his thoughts To the muses and to Aphrodite’s fair gifts.]2 My heart [no longer]3 inclines itself longingly toward the Thracian. [To be a wine-drinker I was created.]4
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View text without footnotesTranslated titles:
"Aus den Elegien" = "From the elegies"
"Geselligkeit betreffend" = "Regarding social life"
2 Eisler: "But rather carouses in convivial gaiety and babbles gladly to me of the muses/ And of Aphrodite’s fair gifts"
3 Eisler: "does not"
4 Eisler: "For I was created to be a wine-drinker."
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (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 German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Aus den Elegien", appears in Griechische Lyrik, in 5. Anakreon Lieder, no. 38-40
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 66