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Was ist das für ein durstig Jahr! Die Kehle lechzt mir immerdar, Die Leber dorrt mir ein. Ich bin ein Fisch auf trocknem Sand, Ich bin ein dürres Ackerland, [O]1 schafft mir, schafft mir Wein! Was weht doch jetzt für trockne Luft! Kein Regen [hilft]2, kein Tau, kein Duft, Kein Trunk will mir gedeihn. Ich trink' [im allertiefsten]3 Zug, Und [dennoch wird's mir nie]4 genug, Fällt wie auf heißen Stein. Was herrscht doch für ein hitz'ger Stern ! Er [zehrt mir recht]5 am innern Kern Und macht mir Herzenspein. Man dächte [wohl]6, ich sei verliebt ; [Ja, ja]7 ! Die mir zu trinken gibt, Soll meine Liebste sein. Und wenn es euch wie mir ergeht, So betet, daß der Wein gerät, Ihr Trinker insgemein! O heil'ger Urban, schaff uns Trost, Gib heuer uns viel edlen Most, Daß wir dich benedein !
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• G. Hölzel • C. Kreutzer • K. Reissiger • K. Zelter • M. ZengerC. Kreutzer sets stanzas 1-2, 4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
G. Hölzel sets stanzas 1, 3-4
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Uhland, erster Band, Verlag der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1898, page 54.
1 Hölzel: "D'rum"2 Zelter: "ist"
3 Reissiger: "im allerhöchsten"; Zelter: "und trinke Zug auf"
4 Reissiger: "dennoch trink' ich nicht"; Zelter: "immer ist es nicht"; Zenger: "dennoch wird es nie"
5 Zelter: "sengt und zehrt"
6 Reissiger: "schier"
7 Reissiger: "Doch ja"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Trinklied" [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 (Johann Karl) Leberecht Baumert (1833 - 1904), "Trinklied", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Langensalza, Beyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Trinklied", op. 35 (Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen ) no. 6, published 1884 [ vocal quartet of male voices a cappella ], Wien, Rebay & Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Was ist das für ein durstig Jahr", op. 22b, published 1855 [ vocal duet for 2 bass voices with piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger; we have added a 'b' to the opus because this opus was used by another publisher in 1854 for a different piece [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Adolph Hölzel (1813 - 1883), "Trinklied", stanzas 1,3-4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Keller (1838 - 1900), "Trinklied", op. 12 (Neun Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 8, published 1877 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "O schafft mir Wein", stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Trinklied", op. 24 ([Zwölf] Gedichte von Uhland), Heft 2 no. 10, published 1846 [ four-part men's chorus ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Nimmersatt", op. 73 no. 8 [ TTBB chorus ], from Gesellschaftslieder, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Richter (1846 - 1919), "Trinklied", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 6, published 1877 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Uttner , "Trinklied", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [ bass and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Nimmersatt", published 1826 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Tafel-Lieder für Männerstimmen: Für die Liedertafel zu Berlin, von Carl Fried. Zelter. Heft V, no. 3, Berlin: T. Trautwein [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Trinklied", op. 11 (Acht Lieder für eine Bass-Stimme mit Pianoforte-Begleitung) no. 6 [ bass and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson à boire", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-12
Line count: 24
Word count: 146
What a thirsty year it is! My throat is always parched, My liver withers on me. I am a fish upon dry sand, I am an arid field, [Oh,]1 bring me wine! What a dry breeze is blowing now! [No rain helps]2, no dew, no scent, No drink flourishes for me. I drink [in the deepest of all draughts]3, And [yet it is never enough for me]4, Falls [like a drop] upon a hot stone. What a hot star is reigning! It [fairly]5 saps my inner being And causes me heartache. One could quite think that I'm in love; [Yes, yes]6 ! She who gives me something to drink Shall be my beloved. And if things are going for you as for me, Then pray that the wine turns out well, All ye drinkers together! Oh holy Urban, bring us comfort, Give us this year much noble must, So that we may bless you!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translations of titles:
"Nimmersatt" = "Never sated"
"O schafft mir Wein" = "Oh, bring me wine"
"Trinklied" = "Drinking song"
"Was ist das für ein durstig Jahr" = "What a thirsty year it is"
2 Zelter: "There is no rain"
3 Reissiger: "the greatest of draughts"; Zelter: "draught upon draught"
4 Reissiger: "I never drink enough"; Zelter: "always it is not enough"
5 Zelter: "singes and"
6 Reissiger: "And yes"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 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 Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Trinklied"
This text was added to the website: 2024-11-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 162