Kommt, Brüder, trinket froh mit mir,
Seht, wie die Becher schäumen!
Bey vollen Gläsern wollen wir
Ein Stündchen schön verträumen.
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-4 of the original text.
Note: modern German would update many spellings, for example "werth" -> "wert", "Straus" -> "Strauss", "sey" -> "sei", etc.
Composition:
Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Trinklied", lines 1-4 [ voice and piano ], unpublished song fragment (only the voice line, but staves for piano part are present)
Text Authorship:
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Sharon Krebs
[Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-18
Line count: 32
Word count: 155
Come brethren, drink happily with me,
See how the beakers are foaming!
With full glasses let us pleasantly
Dream away a little hour.
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