A maiden and a glass of wine | A maiden and a glass of wine

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ein Mädchen und ein Gläschen Wein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ein Mädchen und ein Gläschen Wein,
Kuriren alle  Noth,
Und wer nicht trinkt und wer nicht küßt,
Der ist so gut wie todt.

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Confirmed with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe's sämmtliche Werke, zweiter Band, Paris: Tetot Frères, 1836, page 75. Appears in Jery und Bätely

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Jery und Bätely [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 Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Ein Mädchen und ein Gläschen Wein", op. 97 no. 5 (1920), published 1921 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A maiden and a glass of wine", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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A maiden and a glass of wine

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A maiden and a glass of wine
Cures all misery,
And he who does not drink and he who does not kiss,
He is as good as dead.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Jery und Bätely
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-31
Line count: 4
Word count: 31