by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Translation by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
Der sei nicht mein Genoss', der mir zum...
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Der sei nicht mein Genoss', der mir zum Weine beim vollen Becher von Fehden erzählt und vom leidigen Krieg; Vielmehr der in geselligem Frohsinn gerne der Musen Und Aphrodites holdseliger Gaben gedenkt. Nicht nach der Thrakerin mehr neigt sich verlangend mein Herz. Zum Weintrinker gemacht bin ich.
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View text with all available footnotesText Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Aus den Elegien", appears in Griechische Lyrik, in 5. Anakreon Lieder, no. 38-40 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Geselligkeit betreffend", 1943, from Anakreontische Fragmente, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Geselligkeit betreffend", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 31 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-18
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