Mädchen entsiegelten, Brüder! die Flaschen; Auf! die geflügelten Freuden zu haschen, Locken und Becher von Rosen umglüht. Auf! eh die moosigen Hügel uns winken, Wonne von rosigen Lippen zu trinken; Huldigung Allem, was jugendlich blüht!
Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich von Matthisson. Erster Theil. Tübingen, bei Cotta, 1811, page 150; with Gedichte von Friedrich Matthisson. Dritte vermehrte Auflage. Zürich, 1794 bey Orell, Gessner, Füssli & Comp., page 114; and with Musen-Almanach für 1794, herausgegeben von Joh. Heinr. Voß, Hamburg, bey C.E.Bohn, page 116.
First published 1792 in a different version with the title Trinklied; see below.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Skolie", written 1791?, first published 1792 [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Skolie" [ SATB chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Skolie", D 507 (1816), published 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Skolie", published 1803, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft V, no. 18 [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Johann Xaver Sterkel.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de banquet", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Skolion", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Drinking song", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Scolie", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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