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Mit Mädchen sich vertragen,
Mit Männern 'rumgeschlagen,
Und mehr Credit als Geld;
So kommt man durch die Welt.
Mit vielem läßt sich schmausen;
Mit wenig läßt sich hausen;
Daß wenig vieles sey,
Schafft nur die Lust herbei.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe lezter Hand, Zehnter Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 217-218; and with Goethe's Werke, Erster Band. Gedichte. Erster Theil, mit Einleitung und Anmerkungen von G. von Loeper, Zweite Ausgabe. Verlag von Gustav Hempel, Berlin, 1882, page 83 (Gesellige Lieder).
See also the text from the first version of Claudine von Villa Bella, which shares the first four lines.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Räuberlied", D 239 no. 7 (1815), published 1893, first performed 1913, stanzas 1-2 [ tenor, chorus and orchestra ], from operetta Claudine von Villa Bella, no. 7
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1787, appears in Claudine von Villa Bella
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De meisjes laten lachen", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Cheeky and cheerful", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "S'entendre avec les filles", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Alle ragazze fare la corte", copyright © 2012, (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: 20
Word count: 99
Alle ragazze fare la corte,
con gli uomini invece prendersi a botte,
avere più credito che moneta,
così nel mondo va avanti la vita.
Molte cose si fanno gustare,
ma con poco si può anche campare;
se però il poco molto diventa
allora è certo che il piacere aumenta.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2012 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1787, appears in Claudine von Villa Bella
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Line count: 20
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