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Der sonderbare blick der leichten frauen Der auf uns gleitet wie das weisse licht Des mondes auf bewegter wasserschicht Will er im bade seine schönheit schauen Der letzte thaler auf dem spielertisch Ein frecher kuss der hagern Adeline Erschlaffenden gesang der violine Der wie der menschheit fernes qualgezisch -- Mehr als dies alles schätz ich - tiefe flasche - Den starken balsam den ich aus dir nasche Und der des frommen dichters müdheit bannt. Du gibst ihm hoffnung liebe jugendkraft Und stolz - dies erbteil aller bettlerschaft Der uns zu helden macht und gottverwandt.
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan George (1868 - 1933) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin du solitaire", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 107, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Der Wein des Einsamen", 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Der Wein, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "El vi dels solitaris", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The strange expression of the slight women", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il vino del solitario", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-21
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Word count: 90
La mirada especial de les dones lleugeres que ens contemplen com la blanca llum de la lluna en la moguda superfície de l'aigua veurà la seva bellesa en el bany. L'últim cèntim de la taula de joc, un frec bes de la escanyolida Adelina, el so morent del violí el llunyà xiuxiueig com torturat de la humanitat... et valoro més que tot això, profunda ampolla [...] que elimina el cansament del pietós poeta. Li donares esperança, amor, força junvenil i orgull, aquesta part de tota mendicitat que ens fa herois i parents de Déu.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2025 by Manuel Capdevila i Font, (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 Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin du solitaire", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 107, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
This text was added to the website: 2025-05-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 94