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Prächtig ist heute die weite · Stränge und sporen beiseite · Reiten wir auf dem wein In den feeenhimmel hinein! Engel für ewige dauer Leidend im fieberschauer · Durch des morgens blauen kristall Fort in das leuchtende all! Wir lehnen uns weich auf den flügel Des windes der eilt ohne zügel. Beide voll gleicher lust Lass schwester uns brust an brust Fliehn ohne rast und stand In meiner träume land!
Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Blumen des Bösen, a translation of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, Berlin, Bondi, 1901, page 151.
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), "Der Wein der Liebenden" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin des amants", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 108, 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 der Liebenden", 1929, from Der Wein, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Frommel (1906 - 1984), "Der Wein der Liebenden", op. 16 no. 4 (1942), published 1942 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 4, Heidelberg, Süddeutscher Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "El vi dels amants", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The lovers' wine", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il vino degli amanti", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 70
Appare così splendido, oggi, lo spazio di sproni e briglie potremo fare a meno: ci solleviamo a cavallo del vino in alto verso un cielo che sembra fatato! Come angeli che, senza aver mai fine, tormenta un lungo brivido di febbre attraverso il cristallo azzurro dei mattini via nell'universo che tutto splende! Noi ci appoggiamo lievi sulle ali del vento che soffia senza freni entrambi spinti dallo stesso piacere Sorella mia, fianco a fianco fuggire è bello, senza sosta o riposo, verso il paese che accarezzo in sogno!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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), "Der Wein der Liebenden"
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin des amants", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 108, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 88