Bass Yoram Chaiterr singing this is life by Erwin Junger

This is song no.8 from songs on verses of famous Hungarian poets by Erwin Junger.
Erwin Junger was born in 1931 in Timishoara, Romania. Studied composition and piano at the music academy Gheorge Dima and musicology at the Hungarian institute of art in Cluj.
In 1969 undertook a master class at the international music institute of contemporary music in Darmstadt, Germany. From 1950 till 1975 held academic appointments at Gheorge Dima academy as assistant professor and titular professor. In 1975 became doctor of musicology.
Since 1977 has been professor at the Israeli music academy in Tel Aviv.
Wrote and published books on harmony and counterpoint in the baroque era, two books of harmony exercises and a monograph about Béla Bartók. Reference books in Romania, Hungary, England and USA (The international Who's Who in music 1984. 1985, the Groves dictionary).
His works include three symphonies, violin concerto, cello concerto, three sonatas and three song cycles.

Ez az élet (Arany János)

Ez az élet egy tivornya:
Inni kell, ha rád jön sorja,
Az örömböl, búbánatból,
Karcsos borbol, kéj-zamatból.
Kivel egykor én mulattam,
Többnyiré már pad alatt van,
És én, ki a mámort kerültem,
Helyt maradék, hol leültem.
De, ha végignézek romján:
Oly sivár, volt a tivornyám!
Én miért nem ittam úgy, hogy jó-rég
Én is a pad alatt volnék?...

This is life

This life is a drinking feast.
You should drink when it's your turn.
From happiness, from deep sorrow,
From stirred wine, from its deep taste.

Those with whom I feasted,
Are mostly now under the bench,

And I, who avoided the hangover
Have sat down here and there.

But when looking back on the ruins of life, my feast was so bleak!
Why didn't I drink enough, so I also would long be under the bench?

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