Il vino del solitario | Il singolare sguardo di donne leggere

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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Der Wein des Einsamen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG ITA

Der sonderbare blick der leichten frauen
Der auf uns gleitet wie das weisse licht
Des mondes auf bewegter wasserschicht
Will er im bade seine schönheit schauen

Der letzte thaler auf dem spielertisch
Ein frecher kuss der hagern Adeline
Erschlaffenden gesang der violine
Der wie der menschheit fernes qualgezisch --

Mehr als dies alles schätz ich - tiefe flasche -
Den starken balsam den ich aus dir nasche
Und der des frommen dichters müdheit bannt.

Du gibst ihm hoffnung liebe jugendkraft
Und stolz - dies erbteil aller bettlerschaft
Der uns zu helden macht und gottverwandt.

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), "Le vin du solitaire", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 107, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
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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):

by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Der Wein des Einsamen", 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Der Wein, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "El vi dels solitaris", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The strange expression of the slight women", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il vino del solitario", 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: 14
Word count: 90

Il vino del solitario

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Il singolare sguardo di donne leggere
che su di noi scivola come una luce bianca,
La luna, e il suo riflesso che vedi tremolare,
quando la sua bellezza contempla bagnandosi nell'acqua

L'ultimo tallero sul tavolo da gioco
Un bacio audace alla magra Adelina
Il suono snervante del violino
simile al rantolo di tutto il dolore umano

Più di questo mi è caro - mia profonda bottiglia -
il balsamo potente che da te ricavo
e al buon poeta la fatica toglie.

Tu gli infondi speranza, giovinezza e amore
e pure orgoglio - comune patrimonio di tutti gli umili,
che in eroi ci trasforma e agli dei ci fa simili.

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.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin du solitaire", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 107, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 106