Il meglio | Se ti gira la testa o ti palpita il cuore

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Das Beste

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRL ITA

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:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Das Beste", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 5. Epigrammatisch [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Das Beste", 1989 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], from Goethe-lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Das Beste", op. 49 no. 7 (1949) [sung text checked 1 time]

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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Il meglio

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Se ti gira la testa o ti palpita il cuore,
Non c'è più bella avventura!
Chi non più sbaglia o non più è preso d'amore,
è pronto per la sepoltura.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 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), "Das Beste", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 5. Epigrammatisch
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-10
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Word count: 30