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Il vino

Translations © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Song Cycle by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935)

View original-language texts alone: Der Wein

1. Die Seele des Weines
 (Sung text)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Des weines geist begann im fass zu singen:
Mensch - teurer ausgestossener - dir soll
Durch meinen engen kerker durch erklingen
Ein lied von licht und bruderliebe voll.

Ich weiss: am sengendheissen bergeshange
Bei schweiss und mühe nur gedeih ich recht
Da meine seele ich nur so empfange
Doch bin ich niemals undankbar und schlecht.

Und dies bereitet mir die grösste labe
Wenn eines arbeit-matten mund mich hält 
Sein heisser schlund wird mir zum kühlen grabe
Das mehr als kalte keller mir gefällt.

Hörst du den sonntagsang aus frohem schwarme?
Nun kehrt die hoffnung prickelnd in mich ein:
Du stülpst die ärmel - stützest beide arme
Du wirst mich preisen und zufrieden sein.

Ich mache deines weibes augen heiter
Und deinem sohne leih ich frische kraft
Ich bin für diesen zarten lebensstreiter
Das öl das fechtern die gewandheit schafft.

Und du erhältst von diesem pflanzenseime
Den Gott - der ewige sämann - niedergiesst
Damit in deiner brust die dichtkunst keime
Die wie ein seltner baum zum himmel spriesst.

Text Authorship:

  • by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "L'âme du vin", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 104
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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
1. Lo spirito del vino
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Lo spirito del vino nel barile iniziò a cantare:
Uomo - caro esiliato - dovrà per te soltanto,
da questo mio carcere angusto, risuonare
pieno di luce e di amore fraterno, il mio canto.

Io lo so bene: sull'infocato pendio della montagna
con sudore e fatica riesco ad allignare
perché solo così ottengo di avere un'anima
e ingrato o cattivo mai potrò diventare.

E mi è dato provare un gran conforto
se mi beve un'uomo stanco per la sua fatica,
e la sua calda gola è per me come un fresco sepolcro
più dolce e più gradito di una fredda cantina.

Odi il canto di festa delle allegre brigate?
Una vivace speranza in me sento ritornare:
con le braccia sul tavolo e le maniche rimboccate
tu tornerai contento e mi farai onore.

Renderò più lucenti gli occhi alla tua amata
ed a tuo figlio regalerò una forza nuova,
per questo fragile combattente della vita
sarò l'olio che rende più forti alla lotta.

Tu ti sostenterai con questa linfa vegetale
che Dio - seminatore eterno - su di noi versa,
e nel tuo animo la poesia sentirai germogliare
che come un pianta rara verso il cielo si leva.

Text Authorship:

  • 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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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
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  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "L'âme du vin", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 104
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 193

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani
2. Der Wein der Liebenden
 (Sung text)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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!

Text Authorship:

  • 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
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Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Blumen des Bösen, a translation of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, Berlin, Bondi, 1901, page 151.


by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
2. Il vino degli amanti
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
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! 

Text Authorship:

  • 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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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), "Der Wein der Liebenden"
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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
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 88

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani
3. Der Wein des Einsamen
 (Sung text)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der sonderbare blick der leichten frauen
Der auf uns gleitet wie das weisse licht
Des mondes auf bewegter wasserschicht
Will er im bade seine schönheit schauen

Der letzte thaler auf dem spielertisch
Ein frecher kuss der hagern Adeline
Erschlaffenden gesang der violine
Der wie der menschheit fernes qualgezisch --

Mehr als dies alles schätz ich - tiefe flasche -
Den starken balsam den ich aus dir nasche
Und der des frommen dichters müdheit bannt.

Du gibst ihm hoffnung liebe jugendkraft
Und stolz - dies erbteil aller bettlerschaft
Der uns zu helden macht und gottverwandt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin du solitaire", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 107, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
3. Il vino del solitario
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Il singolare sguardo di donne leggere
che su di noi scivola come una luce bianca,
La luna, e il suo riflesso che vedi tremolare,
quando la sua bellezza contempla bagnandosi nell'acqua

L'ultimo tallero sul tavolo da gioco
Un bacio audace alla magra Adelina
Il suono snervante del violino
simile al rantolo di tutto il dolore umano

Più di questo mi è caro - mia profonda bottiglia -
il balsamo potente che da te ricavo
e al buon poeta la fatica toglie.

Tu gli infondi speranza, giovinezza e amore
e pure orgoglio - comune patrimonio di tutti gli umili,
che in eroi ci trasforma e agli dei ci fa simili.

Text Authorship:

  • 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.
    Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin du solitaire", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 107, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
    • Go to the text page.

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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 106

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani
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