Der Trinker | Reiche mir den Becher, Knabe

by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)

Translation by Johann Friedrich Degen (1752 - 1836)

Εις το πινειν

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Αγε δη φερ' ημιν, ω παι,
Κελεβην, οπως αμυστιν
Προπιω. Τα μεν δεκ' εγχει
Υδατος, τα πεντε δ' οινου
Κυαθοις, ως ανυβριστι
Αναδευων βασσαρησω.
Αγε δωτε, μηκεθ' ουτω
Παταγω τε καλαλητω
Σκυθικην ποσιν παρ' οινω
Μελετωμεν, αλλα καλοις
Υποπινοντες εν υμνοις

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by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις το πινειν" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852) , "Ode LXII", appears in Odes of Anacreon, no. 62, first published 1880 ; composed by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Sir, Ernest Walker.
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GER German (Deutsch) (Johann Friedrich Degen) , "Der Trinker", appears in Anakreons Lieder, nebst andern lyrischen Gedichten, in Anakreons Lieder, no. 55

Researcher for this page: Athanasios Papaisiou

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Word count: 41

Der Trinker

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Reiche mir den Becher, Knabe,
Um ohnabgesetzt zu trinken;
Fülle mit dem Zehntel Wasser
Und dem Fünftel Wein denselben,
Daß ich in dem Füssen taumel
Nur als weiser Trinken schwärme.
Reich ihn her! Denn nicht mit Schreien,
Noch mit Lärmen, wie die Scythen,
Wollen wir Lyäen dienen,
Sondern bei bescheidnen Liedern 
Laßet uns die Becher leeren!

Confirmed with Johann Friedrich Degen, Anakreons Lieder, nebst andern lyrischen Gedichten, Altenburg: Gottlob Emanuel Richter, 1787, page 155. Appears in Anakreons Lieder, no. 55.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Friedrich Degen (1752 - 1836), "Der Trinker", appears in Anakreons Lieder, nebst andern lyrischen Gedichten, in Anakreons Lieder, no. 55 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις το πινειν"
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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):

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Research team for this page: Athanasios Papaisiou , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-07
Line count: 11
Word count: 56