Greiser Trinker (Anonymous, set by G. Telemann) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Dort seh ich einen grauen Mann
mit zittern nach dem Glase greifen.
Ach dächt' er doch viel lieber daran,
die alten Lüste zu ersäufen!
Man nennt den Rebensaft mit Recht
die Milch und Nahrung schwacher Greise,
vielleicht, weil er die Seele schwächt,
daß man sie billig Kinder heisse.

Input by Poppy Holden

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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