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by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Das Glas gefüllt!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
  Das Glas gefüllt!
  Der Nordwind brüllt,
Die Sonn' ist niedergesunken!
  Der kalte Bär
  Blinkt Frost daher!
Getrunken, Brüder, getrunken!

  Die Tannen glühn
  Hell im Kamien,
[Und knatternd fliegen]1 die Funken!
  Der edle Rhein
  Gab uns den Wein!
Getrunken, Brüder, getrunken!

  Der edle Most
  Verscheucht den Frost,
Und zaubert Frühling hernieder;
  Der Trinker sieht
  Den Hain entblüht,
Und Büsche wirbeln ihm Lieder!

  Er hört Gesang
  Und Harfenklang,
Und [schwebt]2 durch blühende Lauben;
  Ein Mädchenchor
  Rauscht schnell hervor,
Und bringt ihm goldene Trauben!

  Saus' immerfort,
  O Winternord,
Im schneebelasteten Haine!
  Nur streu dein Eis,
  O lieber Greis,
In keine Flaschen mit Weine!

  [Der stolzen]3 Frau
  Färb braun und blau
[Den Kamm, der adlich ihr schwillet]4!
  Nur musst du fliehn
  Den Hermelin,
Der junge Busen verhüllet!

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Confirmed with Poetische Blumenlese für das Jahr 1777. Herausgegeben von Joh. Heinr. Voß. Hamburg, bey Carl Ernst Bohn, pages 120-121; with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Neu besorgt und vermehrt von Johann Heinrich Voss. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn. 1804, pages 216-218; and with Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty's Sämtliche Werke kritisch und chronologisch herausgegeben von Wilhelm Michael, Erster Band, Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1914, pages 202-203.

1 Hölty's autograph: "Verstreuen knatternd"
2 Hölty's autograph: "schwankt"
3 Hölty's autograph: "Die stolze"
4 Hölty's autograph: "Die Ahnenschwindel erfüllet"

Text Authorship:

  • by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Trinklied im Winter", written 1775, first published 1777 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Heinrich Elkamp (1812 - 1868), "Trinklied im Winter ", op. 5 (12 Lieder), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Trinklied im Winter", D 242 (1815), published 1892 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass or ttb chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Winterlied", D 242A (1820?) [ voice, piano ], published by Reinhard van Hoorickx [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Winters drinklied", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Drinking song in winter", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chanson à boire en hiver", copyright © 2016, (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: 2005-01-23
Line count: 36
Word count: 128

Chanson à boire en hiver
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
  Que le verre soit rempli !
  Le vent du Nord rugit ;
Le soleil s'est couché !
  L'ours froid
  Est un signe que le gel arrive !
Buvons, frères, buvons !

  Le sapin brille
  Fort dans la cheminée,
Et les étincelles volent en crépitant !
  Le noble Rhin
  Nous a donné ce vin !
Buvons, frères, buvons !

  Le noble vin
  Effraie le gel,
Et fait venir par magie le printemps sur nous ;
  Le buveur voit
  Le bosquet en fleur,
Et les buissons lui chantent des chansons en tourbillonnant !

  Il entend des chants
  Et le son des harpes,
Et il flotte au-dessus du feuillage en fleur ;
  Un chœur de jeunes filles
  Retentit rapidement dehors,
Et lui apporte des raisins dorés !

Siffle sans cesse,
Ô vent du nord,
Dans le bosquet recouvert de neige !
Seulement n'étend ta glace,
Ô cher vieil homme,
Dans aucune bouteille de vin !

La fière femme
Peint en noir et bleu
Le peigne qui la dresse fièrement !
Seulement tu devrais éviter
L'hermine
Qui couvre ta jeune poitrine !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 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 Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Trinklied im Winter", written 1775, first published 1777
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-23
Line count: 36
Word count: 163

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