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John Oxenford Down deep within the cellar English Arg-1898-944 2013-12-04 10:09 Manfred only this remove
Joachim Gießner En kel' profunda sidas mi Esperanto Arg-1897-944 2013-12-03 19:31 Manfred only this add
Karl Friedrich Müchler * Im tiefen Keller sitz ich hier German Arg-1896-944 2013-12-04 16:21 Manfred only this add
Karl Vanselow Je plena glaso tie ĉi Esperanto Arg-2130-944 2014-06-09 12:55 Manfred only this add

Karl Friedrich Müchler,
Down deep within the cellar

 
translated by John Oxenford
 
Down deep within the cellar, here
Against a butt I rest, Sir,
My heart of ev'ry care I clear,
And swear I'll have the best, Sir.
 
The cellar man taps any cask,
I choose by nod or winking;
He fills the glass, he loves his task
As I love drinking, drinking!
 
The demon thirst I could withstand,
Nay, if I could, would kill it;
I therefor take my glass in hand
And with good liquor fill it.
 
The world then wears a hue so gay,
It nearly sets me blinking;
All evil thoughts I scare away,
While drinking, drinking, drinking!
 
Bu oh, at ev`ry glass I drain,
That ragging thirst increases,
To drown it, tiplers strive in vain,
It never, never ceases.
 
Yet where's the odds if down I fall?
E'en now I feel a sinking;
I do not harm, wish well to all,
While drinking, drinking, drinking!
 
Translation of the German poem "Im tiefen
Keller sitz ich hier" by Karl Friedrich
Müchler (*1763-09-02 - †1857-01-12)
into English by John Oxenford.

Pri la tradukinto John Oxenford vidu la
retejon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxenford.