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by Gabriele von Baumberg (1766 - 1839)

Lob des Tokayers
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
O köstlicher Tokayer!
O königlicher Wein!
Du stimmest meine Leyer
Zu seltnen Raimerey'n.
Mit lang' entbehrter Wonne
Und [neu erwachtem]1 Scherz
Erwärmst du, gleich der Sonne,
Mein [halb erstorbnes]2 Herz:
Du stimmest meine Leyer
Zu seltnen Reimerey'n
O köstlicher Tokayer!
O königlicher Wein!

O köstlicher Tokayer!
O königlicher Wein!
Du gießest Kraft und Feuer
[Durch Mark und durch]3 Gebein.
Ich fühle neues Leben
Durch meine Adern sprühn,
Und deine Nektarreben
In meinem Busen glühn.
Du gießest Kraft und Feuer
[Durch Mark und durch]3 Gebein,
O köstlicher Tokayer!
O königlicher Wein!

O köstlicher Tokayer!
O königlicher Wein!
Dir soll, als Gramzerstreuer,
Dieß Lied geweihet seyn!
In Schwermuthsvollen Launen
Beflügelst du das Blut;
Bey Blonden und bey Braunen
Giebst du dem Blödsinn Muth.
Dir soll, als Gramzerstreuer,
Dies Lied geweihet seyn,
O köstlicher Tokayer!
O königlicher Wein!

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Confirmed with Sämmtliche Gedichte Gabrielens von Baumberg. Wien, gedruckt bey Joh. Thom. Edl. v. Trattnern, k.k. Hofbuchdrucker und Buchhändler, 1800, pages 245-246; and with Wiener Musenalmanach für das Jahr 1796. Herausgegeben von Gottfried Leon. Wien, bey Jos. Camesina & Comp., pages 109-110.

1 Schubert: "neuerwachtem"
2 First edition: "halberstorbnes"
3 First edition: "In's Mark und in's"

Note: First published in the Wiener Musenalmanach under the pseudonym v. Traubenberg; Schubert used the 1800 edition of Baumberg's collected poems.


Text Authorship:

  • by Gabriele von Baumberg (1766 - 1839), "Lob des Tokayers", first published 1796 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Lob des Tokayers", op. posth. 118 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, D 248 (1815), published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Elogi del vi de Tokay", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lof van de Tokayer", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "In praise of Tokay wine", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Louange du Tokay", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 139

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