The lutes shall play and chalices be ringing

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Lasst Lautenspiel und Becherklang

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Lasst Lautenspiel und Becherklang nicht rasten,
So lang es Zeit ist zu der Jugend Festen
Ist Fasching aus, so folgen dann die Fasten.

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Composition:

Robert Schumann

Ritornelle in canonischen Weisen

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Wanderung, in 1. Erster Bezirk. Italienische Gedichte, in Ritornelle, no. 1

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Que no s’aturi el so dels llaüts i el dring de les copes", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Stop 't luitspel niet", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-07-03
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The lutes shall play and chalices be...

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The lutes shall play and chalices be ringing
as long as we are young and young we revel -
the times to come give little rise to singing.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Wanderung, in 1. Erster Bezirk. Italienische Gedichte, in Ritornelle, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-09
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