Wenn dir's in Kopf und Herzen schwirrt,
Was willst du Bessres haben!
Wer nicht mehr liebt und nicht mehr irrt,
Der lasse sich begraben.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The best", copyright © 1989, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il meglio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 24
So your head and heart are buzzing?
What do you want?
He who no longer loves and no longer errs,
should let himself be buried.