by Michael Richey (1678 - 1761)
Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Seltenes Glück
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG ITA
Ein Stand, der ohn Gefahr ist,
ein guter Ruhm, der wahr ist,
ein Capital, das baar ist,
ein Essen, das fein gar ist,
ein Trunck, der frisch und klar ist,
ein Weib, das guter Haar ist,
und unter zwanzig jahr ist,
wenn dies zusammen dar ist,
das heißt ein Glück, das rar ist.

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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Poppy Holden) , title 1: "Rare luck", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , title 1: "Rara fortuna", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Word count: 53

Rara fortuna
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Una condizione senza pericolo,
un buon nome, che sia vero,
un capitale in contanti,
un cibo squisito,
una bevanda fresca e limpida,
una donna dai bei capelli
e che non abbia più di vent'anni,
se si mette insieme tutto questo,
è una fortuna rara.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2007 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-09
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Word count: 44