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by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Was quälte dir dein banges Herz?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE POR
-- Vin a tout prix --

Was quälte dir dein [banges]1 Herz?
           "Liebesschmerz!"
Was machte dir [dein Auge]2 roth?
           "Liebesnoth!"
Was gab dir Sorgen ohne Zahl?
           "Liebesqual!"

           Ei, das hast du schlimm bedacht;
           Denn schon manchesmal
           Hat [gar grausam]3 umgebracht
           Liebesschmerz und Qual!

Was heilte dich von deiner Pein?
           "Alter Wein!"
Was gab dir dann den besten Trost?
           "Frischer Most!"
Was stärkte wieder deinen Muth?
           "Traubenblut!"

Ei, [so bringt]4 uns schnell herbei
Dieses edle Gut!
Denn [nun bleibt es doch]5 dabei:
Wein erfrischt das Blut!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Mendelssohn 

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1 Mendelssohn: "armes"
2 Mendelssohn: "die Augen"
3 Mendelssohn: "die Menschen"
4 Mendelssohn: "bringet"
5 Mendelssohn: "es bleibt einmal"

Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867), "Der Zecher - Als Doctrinair", appears in Gedichte, in Der Zecher, no. 4 [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 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Liebe und Wein", op. 50 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 5 (1838), published 1840 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Der Zecher als Doctrinär", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männergesang) no. 4 (1840), published 1842 [ TTBB chorus ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De doctrinaire drinker", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le buveur - en médecin", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "O bêbado doutrinário", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Dr. Gerrit den Hartogh , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-29
Line count: 21
Word count: 89

Le buveur ‑ en médecin
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
  -- Vin à tout prix --

Qu'est-ce qui tourmente ton cœur inquiet ?
« Les affres de l'amour ! »
Qu'est-ce qui rend tes yeux rouges ?
« La peine de l'amour ! »
Qu'est-ce qui te donne des chagrins sans nombre ?
« Le supplice de l'amour ! »

Ah, tu as mal considéré cela ;
Car mainte fois déjà
Ils ont brutalement tué,
Les affres et la peine de l'amour.

Qu'est-ce qui t'as guéri de ta douleur ?
« Le vin vieux ! »
Qu'est-ce qui t'as donné le meilleur réconfort ?
« Le moût frais ! »
Qu'est-ce qui a renforcé à nouveau ton courage ?
« Le sang de la grappe ! »

Ah, alors que l'on nous apporte vite
Ce noble trésor !
Car maintenant il reste une chose :
Le vin rafraîchit le sang !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867), "Der Zecher - Als Doctrinair", appears in Gedichte, in Der Zecher, no. 4
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2013-12-09
Line count: 21
Word count: 124

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