Veritatum veritas
Language: German (Deutsch)
Veritatum veritas:
Frommet nichts ein volles Glas,
Schlürfest du's alleine!
Dann nur mag ein Trunk gedeihn,
Sitzest in der Freunde Reihn
Du beim kühlen Weine!
Veritatum veritas:
Freien ist noch eins so baß,
Als ein ledig Leben!
Armer Mann! der's nie erfuhr,
Wie getreuer Minne Schwur
Wonn' und Lust mag geben!
Veritatum veritas:
Bücherstaub macht krank und blaß
Und um nichts gescheiter!
Waldesgrün und Blüthenduft
Und ein Lied in frischer Luft
Macht die Augen heiter!
Veritatum veritas,
Die ich bei dem vollen Glas
Fand auf leerem Grunde:
Gut ist's nicht, allein zu sein!
Alle Weisheit mag gedeihn
Nur in schönem Bunde!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 327-328.
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Veritatum veritas!
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Veritatum veritas!
A full glass will do you no good
If you sip it alone!
For a drink may only prosper
When you sit in a row of your friends,
Drinking chilled wine!
Veritatum veritas!
To marry is one better than
The life of a single person!
Poor man! who never learned
How the vow of true love
May give one bliss and joy!
Veritatum veritas!
The dust of books makes one sick and pale
And not a whit more clever!
Forest green and blossom scents
And a song in the fresh air
Makes one's eyes bright!
Veritatum veritas!
This [truth] I found upon
The bottom of a full glass:
It is not good to be alone!
All wisdom may flourish
Only in a pleasant bond!
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Translations of titles:
"Veritatum veritas" = "Veritatum veritas (It is most certainly true)"
"Veritatum veritas!" = "Veritatum veritas! (It is most certainly true!)"
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