Let us sing of life

and of sorrow, let us toast --


to comfort ourselves.


Laten we zingenLass uns vom Leben
over het leven, het leed --singen, vom Kummer, lass uns --
en toosten als troost.anstoßen zum Trost.

Poem H3218
Amsterdam, 2022-03-15

The drinking song of earth's sorrow (Hans Bethge)
Old Chinese poem
1908, Gustav Mahler, based on the free version by Hans Bethge from 1907, after "Bei gexing" by Li Bai [701-762], in a 1705 collection

Collection: Thinkles Lusionless 
Keyword: Together: social 
Tribute to: Bethge, Hans 
Tribute to: Li, Bai 
Composer: Mahler, Gustav 
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