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by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)

Vile potabis
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG SPA
En mes coupes d'un prix modique
Veux-tu tenter mon humble vin ?
Je l'ai scellé dans l'urne Attique
Au sortir du pressoir Sabin.
Il est un peu rude et moderne :
Cécube, Calès ni Falerne
Ne mûrissent dans mon cellier ;
Mais les Muses me sont amies,
Et les Muses font oublier
Ta vigne dorée, ô Formies !

The title refers to this ode by Horace.

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Vile Potabis", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Études latines, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Librairie Marc Ducloux, first published 1852 [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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Vile potabis", published 1900, from Études Latines, no. 6, Paris, Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Émile Nérini (1882 - 1961), "Vile potabis", 1906, published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Études latines sur des poésies de Leconte de Lisle, no. 1, Éd. René Gilles [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Vile potabis", copyright © 2016
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Villa Potabis", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 54

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