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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Die Seele des Weines
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG ITA
Des weines geist begann im fass zu singen:
Mensch - teurer ausgestossener - dir soll
Durch meinen engen kerker durch erklingen
Ein lied von licht und bruderliebe voll.

Ich weiss: am sengendheissen bergeshange
Bei schweiss und mühe nur gedeih ich recht
Da meine seele ich nur so empfange
Doch bin ich niemals undankbar und schlecht.

Und dies bereitet mir die grösste labe
Wenn eines arbeit-matten mund mich hält 
Sein heisser schlund wird mir zum kühlen grabe
Das mehr als kalte keller mir gefällt.

Hörst du den sonntagsang aus frohem schwarme?
Nun kehrt die hoffnung prickelnd in mich ein:
Du stülpst die ärmel - stützest beide arme
Du wirst mich preisen und zufrieden sein.

Ich mache deines weibes augen heiter
Und deinem sohne leih ich frische kraft
Ich bin für diesen zarten lebensstreiter
Das öl das fechtern die gewandheit schafft.

Und du erhältst von diesem pflanzenseime
Den Gott - der ewige sämann - niedergiesst
Damit in deiner brust die dichtkunst keime
Die wie ein seltner baum zum himmel spriesst.

Text Authorship:

  • by Stefan George (1868 - 1933) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "L'âme du vin", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 104
    • Go to the text page.

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), "Die Seele des Weines", 1929, from Der Wein, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "L'ànima del vi", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The wine's soul", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Lo spirito del vino", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-21
Line count: 24
Word count: 163

Lo spirito del vino
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Lo spirito del vino nel barile iniziò a cantare:
Uomo - caro esiliato - dovrà per te soltanto,
da questo mio carcere angusto, risuonare
pieno di luce e di amore fraterno, il mio canto.

Io lo so bene: sull'infocato pendio della montagna
con sudore e fatica riesco ad allignare
perché solo così ottengo di avere un'anima
e ingrato o cattivo mai potrò diventare.

E mi è dato provare un gran conforto
se mi beve un'uomo stanco per la sua fatica,
e la sua calda gola è per me come un fresco sepolcro
più dolce e più gradito di una fredda cantina.

Odi il canto di festa delle allegre brigate?
Una vivace speranza in me sento ritornare:
con le braccia sul tavolo e le maniche rimboccate
tu tornerai contento e mi farai onore.

Renderò più lucenti gli occhi alla tua amata
ed a tuo figlio regalerò una forza nuova,
per questo fragile combattente della vita
sarò l'olio che rende più forti alla lotta.

Tu ti sostenterai con questa linfa vegetale
che Dio - seminatore eterno - su di noi versa,
e nel tuo animo la poesia sentirai germogliare
che come un pianta rara verso il cielo si leva.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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 Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "L'âme du vin", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 104
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 193

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