Aujourd'hui l'espace est splendide ! Sans mors, sans éperons, sans bride, Partons à cheval sur le vin Pour un ciel féerique et divin ! Comme deux anges que torture Une implacable calenture, Dans le bleu cristal du matin Suivons le mirage lointain ! Mollement balancés sur l'aile Du tourbillon intelligent, Dans un délire parallèle, Ma sœur, côte à côte nageant, Nous fuirons sans repos ni trêves Vers le Paradis de mes rêves !
Confirmed with Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du mal, Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857, in Le vin, pages 238-239. Note: this was number 97 in the first edition of Les Fleurs du mal but number 108 or 132 in subsequent editions.
Note: "trêves" (line 4-2) was misspelled in the first edition as "trèves"
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin des amants", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 108, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Benjamin C. S. Boyle , "Le vin des amants", published 2000 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre Chansons, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Noël Lee (1924 - 2013), "Le vin des amants", 1990 [ soprano, clarinet, horn and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Stefan George (1868 - 1933) , "Der Wein der Liebenden" ; composed by Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Gerhard Frommel.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Max Rieple (1902 - 1981) , copyright © ; composed by Otto Erich Schilling.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Siegmund Schmidt.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Víno milenců"
- ENG English (Cyril Meir Scott) , "The Wine of Lovers", appears in The Flowers of Evil, London, Elkin Mathews, first published 1909
- ROM Romanian (Română) (Alexandru I. Philippide) , "Beția amanților"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-21
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Word count: 69
Frumos e azi văzduhul! Sprinteni, Fără căpăstru, fără pinteni, Să ne-avântăm călări pe vin Spre-un cer feeric și divin! Ca unor îngeri arși de jarul Lungoarei, iată, în cleștarul Albastru-al dimineții vraja Mirajul ne-aruncă mreaja! Domol alunecând împinși De mult isteața volburare, De-un paralel delir cuprinși, O, sora mea, fără-ncetare Vom alerga, scăpați de rele, Spre raiul visurilor mele.
Text Authorship:
- by Alexandru I. Philippide (1859 - 1933), "Beția amanților" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le vin des amants", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 3. Le vin, no. 108, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 59