Drink | Let us sing while drinking wine

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Trunk

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Laß uns beim Weine singen,
Weil auch die Gläser klingen.
Von Bechers Rand 
Schaun wir in seliges Land.

Laß uns beim Weine schweigen,
Wenn stille Düfte steigen.
Von Bechers Grund
Sucht Mund den Mund.

Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Verlag Strecker und Schröder, 1919, page 49.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "Trunk", appears in Gedichte, in Das Jahr [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 Julius Gessinger (1899 - 1986), "Trunk", op. 44 no. 4, published 1965, first performed 1942 [ baritone and piano ], from Kleiner Liederkreis, no. 4, Schwäbisch-Hall: Musikverlag Schwäbisch-Hall [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Drink", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-09-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Drink

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Let us sing while drinking wine
Because the glasses are ringing as well.
From the rim of the goblet
We gaze into a blessed land.

Let us be silent while drinking wine
When the silent scents rise.
From the bottom of the goblet
Lips seek lips.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Sharon Krebs, (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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "Trunk", appears in Gedichte, in Das Jahr
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2022-09-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 46