With the punch | Harmonies, surge and ring out

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Zum Punsche

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Woget brausend, Harmonieen,
Kehre wieder, alte Zeit;
Punschgefüllte Becher, wandert
In des Kreises Heiterkeit!

Mich ergreifen schon die Wellen,
Bin der Erde weit entrückt;
Sterne winken, Lüfte säuseln, -
Und die Seele ist beglückt!

Was das Leben aufgebürdet,
Liegt am Ufer nebelschwer;
Steu're fort, ein rascher Schwimmer,
In das hohe Friedensmeer.

Was des [Schwimmens Lust vermehrt]¹,
Ist das Plätschern hinterdrein;
Denn es folgen die Genossen,
Keiner will der Letzte sein.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Neue Sammlung. Aus dessen Nachlasse mit Biographie und Vorwort herausgegeben von Ernst Freih. v. Feuchtersleben. Wien, 1843. Verlag von Ignaz Klang, Buchhändler, page 84.

¹ Schubert: "Schwimmers Lust vermehret"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Zum Punsche" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Zum Punsche", D 492 (1816) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al ponx", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op de punch", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "With the punch", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au punch", copyright © 2011, (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: 71

With the punch

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Harmonies, surge and ring out,
Former time, come back;
Goblet filled with punch, travel
Into the cheerfulness of this circle!

The waves have already taken hold of me,
I have been transported far from the world;
Stars signal, breezes rustle, -
And the soul is delighted!

What life burdens us with
Lies heavy as fog on the shore;
Steer your course, be a quick swimmer,
Into the high sea of peace.

What increases the swimmer's delight
Is the splashing going on behind;
For colleagues are following,
Nobody wants to be the last.

Text Authorship:

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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 91