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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

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.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Punschlied", D 277 (1815), published 1892 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass with piano ]

Text Authorship:

See other settings of this text.

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