Sur le vin | Donnez-moi la lyre d'Homère

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Beim Weine

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Gebt mir des Homeros Leier,
Aber ohne blutge Saiten!
Gebt den Becher, um gehörig
Nach dem Trinkgesetz zu mischen;
Daß ich trunken möge tanzen
Und, noch klug genug im Taumel,
Zu dem Barbiton ein Trinklied
Mit gewaltger Stimme singen.
Gebt mir des Homeros Leier,
Aber ohne blutge Saiten!

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Beim Weine", subtitle: "Von Basilios", appears in Anakreontische Lieder, no. 19 [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 Günter Friedrichs (b. 1935), "Beim Weine", 1987, from Trinklieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur le vin", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Palmer

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 48

Sur le vin

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Donnez-moi la lyre d'Homère,
Mais sans cordes sanglantes !
Donnez la coupe comme il se doit
Selon la loi des buveurs,
Que je puisse danser ivre,
Et encore assez sage dans le vertige,
Chanter au barbiton une chanson à boire
D'une voix forte.
Donnez-moi la lyre d'Homère,
Mais sans cordes sanglantes !

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Beim Weine", subtitle: "Von Basilios", appears in Anakreontische Lieder, no. 19
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 50