The lovers' wine | Splendid is today the expanse

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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Der Wein der Liebenden

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG ITA

Prächtig ist heute die weite ·
Stränge und sporen beiseite ·
Reiten wir auf dem wein
In den feeenhimmel hinein!

Engel für ewige dauer
Leidend im fieberschauer ·
Durch des morgens blauen kristall
Fort in das leuchtende all!

Wir lehnen uns weich auf den flügel
Des windes der eilt ohne zügel.
Beide voll gleicher lust

Lass schwester uns brust an brust
Fliehn ohne rast und stand
In meiner träume land!

Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Blumen des Bösen, a translation of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, Berlin, Bondi, 1901, page 151.

Text Authorship:

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), "Der Wein der Liebenden" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin des amants", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 108, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
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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):

by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Der Wein der Liebenden", 1929, from Der Wein, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gerhard Frommel (1906 - 1984), "Der Wein der Liebenden", op. 16 no. 4 (1942), published 1942 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 4, Heidelberg, Süddeutscher Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "El vi dels amants", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The lovers' wine", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il vino degli amanti", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 70

The lovers' wine

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Splendid is today the expanse,
(Strands and spores aside)
We ride on wine
Into the fairy’s heaven!

Angel for all time
Suffering from fever-chills
Through the morning’s blue crystal
Gone in the shining universe!

We lean softly on the wing
Of the wind which hurries without restraint.
Both full of the same desire

Let us sister breasts
Fly without rest or standing
Into the land of my dreams!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Garrett Medlock, (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 Stefan George (1868 - 1933), "Der Wein der Liebenden"
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin des amants", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 108, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2019-01-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 68