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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Vier Elemente
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Vier Elemente
  Innig gesellt
Bilden das Leben, 
  Bauen die Welt.

Preßt der Citrone
  Saftigen Stern,
Herb ist des Lebens
  Innerster Kern.

Jetzt mit des Zuckers
  Linderndem Saft
Zähmet die herbe
  Brennende Kraft.

Gießet des Wassers
  Sprudelnden Schwall,
Wasser umfänget
  Ruhig das All.

Tropfen des Geistes
  Gießet hinein,
Leben dem Leben
  Gibt er allein.

Eh es verdüftet
  Schöpfet es schnell,
Nur wenn er glühet,
  Labet der Quell.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller, Zweiter Theil, Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, 1805, bei Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, pages 239-240.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Punschlied", written 1803 [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 Max (Traugott Maximillian) Eberwein (1775 - 1831), "Punschlied" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lenhuk , "Punschlied", published <<1815 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Goethe und Schiller, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Marxsen (1806 - 1887), "Vier Elemente innig gesellt ", op. 50 no. 3, published 1843 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from 6 Tafellieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Rust (1822 - 1892), "Punschlied", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 5, published 1883 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee (1786 - 1868), "Die vier Temperamente", subtitle: "Ein komisches Quartett für 2 Tenor und 2 Bassstimmen ohne Begleitung", published 1821 [ TTBB quartet a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Punschlied", D 277 (1815), published 1892 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864), "Vier Elemente innig gesellt", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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) , "Punchlied", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Punch song", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le Lied du punch", copyright © 2009, (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: 24
Word count: 66

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