Alle ragazze fare la corte | Alle ragazze fare la corte

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Mit Mädeln sich vertragen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Mit [Mädeln]¹ 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.

Will sie sich nicht bequemen,
So müßt ihr's eben nehmen.
Will einer nicht vom Ort,
So jagt ihn g'rade fort.

Laßt alle nur mißgönnen,
Was sie nicht nehmen können,
Und seid von Herzen froh;
Das ist das A und O.

So fahret fort zu dichten,
Euch nach der Welt zu richten.
Bedenkt in Wohl und Weh
Dieß goldne A B C.

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• F. Schubert • H. Wolf

F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-2

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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.

¹ Schubert, Wolf: "Mädchen"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1787, appears in Claudine von Villa Bella [author's text checked 2 times 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 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 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Frech und froh" [ voice and orchestra ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Frech und froh I", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 16, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 98

Alle ragazze fare la corte

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

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.

Se lei rifiuta ogni vostra proposta,
dovete insistere nella conquista,
e se qualcuno non se ne vuole andare
allora voi cacciatelo pure.

Lasciate pure agli altri invidiare
ciò che non possono conquistare,
serbate sempre un'anima allegra;
e questo sia, a voi, l'alfa e l'omega.

E andate pure in giro poetando,
e a regolarvi come vuole il mondo, 
nel bene e nel male continuate così
serbando memoria di questo aureo abbiccì.

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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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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-16
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Word count: 120