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Die Weise guter Zecher ist
Zu früh' und später Stunde,
Daß alter Wein im Becher ist,
Und neuer Witz im Munde --
Denn wo man Eins davon entbehrt,
Da ist das Andre auch nichts werth --
Das Eine steht zum Andern.
Je mehr wir uns vertieft im Wein,
Je höher steigt der Geist uns --
Der Bart der Weisheit trieft von Wein,
Die ganze Welt umkreis't uns,
Versunken ganz in Trunkenheit,
Und trunken in Versunkenheit,
In Wein, Gesang und Liebe!
Die Weisen beim Pokale stehn
Hoch über der Gemeinheit,
Wie Berge überm Thale stehn
In himmelhoher Reinheit --
Die Berge färbt des Himmels Licht,
Uns wiederstrahlt das Angesicht
Im Glanz der vollen Becher!
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Die Weise guter Zecher ist", op. 34 no. 5 (1854), stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder von Mirza-Schaffy, no. 5, also set in Russian (Русский)
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Lieder zum Lobe des Weines und irdischer Glückseligkeit, no. 3
Based on:
- a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , appears in Clair-obscur, first published 1954, copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
Line count: 35
Word count: 192
It is the custom of good carousers,
In early and late hours,
To have old wine in the goblet,
And new wit in the mouth --
For where one of them is lacking,
The other is also not worth anything --
The one stands with the other.
The more we delve into wine
The higher our minds rise --
The beard of wisdom is dripping with wine,
The whole world circles about us,
Completely sunk in drunkenness,
And drunk in absorption,
In wine, song, and love!
The wise ones at their goblets stand
Far over the common herd,
As mountains stand above the valley
In sky-high purity --
The mountains are coloured by the light of the sky,
Our faces glow, reflecting
The radiance of the full goblets!
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Lieder zum Lobe des Weines und irdischer Glückseligkeit, no. 3
Based on:
- a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-26
Line count: 35
Word count: 217