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by Josef Ludwig Stoll (1778 - 1815)
Translation © by Laura Prichard

Labetrank der Liebe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Wenn im Spiele leiser Töne
Meine kranke Seele schwebt,
Und der Wehmuth süße Thräne
Deinem warmen Blick [entbebt]1:

Sink' ich dir bey sanftem Wallen
Deines Busens sprachlos hin;
Engelmelodien schallen,
Und der Erde [Schatten]2 fliehn!

So in Eden hingesunken,
Lieb' mit Liebe umgetauscht,
Küsse lispelnd, Wonnetrunken,
Wie von Seraphim umrauscht:

Reichst du mir im Engelbilde
Liebewarmen Labetrank,
Wenn im schnöden Staubgefilde
Schmachtend meine Seele sank.

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Confirmed with Selam. Ein Almanach für Freunde des Mannigfaltigen. Herausgegeben von I.F.Castelli. Dritter Jahrgang 1814. Wien, gedruckt und im Verlage bey Anton Strauß, page 204.

1 Schubert (Alte Gesamtausgabe): "entschwebt"
2 Stoll (Selam, apparently a misprint): "Schallen"

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El beuratge reconfortant de l’amor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De lavende drank der liefde", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Refreshing drink of Love", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Potion réconfortante d'amour", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 65

Refreshing drink of Love
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
When, upon the playing of soft tones,
My sick soul [begins to] float,
And the sweet tears of melancholy
Evaporate under your warm glance:

I sink onto the gentle heaving
Of your bosom, speechless;
Angelic melodies sound,
And earth’s shadows flee.

In this way, sunk down in Eden,
Love exchanged for love,
Kisses whispered, drunk with delight,
As if surrounded by seraphim:

You serve me, with the face of an angel,
A refreshing drink warmed by love,
Just as, into the vile dust of the fields,
My soul was about to sink.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 92