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Viel volle Becher klangen, Viel helle Stimmen sangen Vor uns in diesem Raum. Doch Sang und Klang verhallten, Verweht sind die Gestalten, Und Alles war ein Traum. Noch klingen Lied und Becher, Doch sitzen and're Zecher, Wir selbst, in diesem Raum Und lassen's uns behagen Nach gut und schlimmen Tagen, Doch alles ist ein Traum. Nicht lang', so füllen wieder Bei Becherklang und Lieder [Ganz and're]1 diesen Raum Und treiben, was wir trieben, Und singen, trinken, lieben, Bis Alles [wieder]2 Traum.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Dr. Johann Nepomuck Vogl, Die Poesie beim Weine, Wien: Druck und Verlag von J.B. Wallishauffer's, 1857, page 81.
1 Schnaubelt: "andere"2 Schnaubelt: "wird ein"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), "Tempora mutantur", appears in Die Poesie beim Weine [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 Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Braune (1810 - 1884), "Alles ein Traum", op. 40 (Vier vierstimmige Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1883 [ ttbb chorus ], Berlin: Annecke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Schnaubelt (1814 - 1871), "Tempora mutantur", op. 42 no. 8, published 1871 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Lieder-Album für Männergesang, no. 8, Regensburg, Georg Joseph Manz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Speyer (1790 - 1878), "Tempora mutantur", op. 59, Heft 1 no. 6 [ voice, chorus, piano ], from Sechs Gesellschaftslieder aus den Blätter und Trauben von J. N. Vogl, erstes Heft, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2025-02-27
Line count: 18
Word count: 83
Many full goblets clanged together, Many bright voices sang Before us in this room. But singing and ringing died away, The figures have dissipated, And everything was a dream. Songs and goblets are still sounding, But other carousers, we ourselves, Are sitting in this room And are enjoying ourselves After good and after bad days, But everything is a dream. Not long, then [utterly different]1 people Shall fill this room As goblets and songs ring out, And shall carry on as we carried on, And shall sing, drink, love, Until everything [is again]2 a dream.
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View text without footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Alles ein Traum" = "Everything a dream"
"Tempora mutantur" = "The times change"
2 Schnaubelt: "becomes"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), "Tempora mutantur", appears in Die Poesie beim Weine
This text was added to the website: 2025-05-10
Line count: 18
Word count: 97