Geef mij te drinken! | Geef mij te drinken!

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Gebt mir zu trinken!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT FRE ITA

Gebt mir zu trinken!
Was in den Sternen steht, kann man nicht ändern,
Doch man vergisst es bei der Gläser Blinken!

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866) [author's text not yet checked 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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Gebt mir zu trinken!", op. 65 no. 4 (1847), published 1849 [ BBB chorus ], from Ritornelle in canonischen Weisen, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in English, a translation by Bertram Kottmann , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Doneu-me a beure!", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geef mij te drinken!", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Datemi da bere!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Dr. Gerrit den Hartogh

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-03
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Geef mij te drinken!

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Geef mij te drinken!
Wat in de sterren staat, kan men niet keren,
Maar men vergeet het als de glazen blinken!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-12
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Word count: 21