Viennese, be happy!
Oho, but why?
Well, just look around!
But tell me, why?
A shimmer of light!
We can’t see anything yet.
Well, it’s Carnival!
Well, so what?
So defy the times –
O God, the times!
– of sadness.
Ah, that would be clever!
What’s the use of regrets
And mourning,
So be happy and merry!
Honour the law of Carnival,
However bad the finances may be,
Let us dance!
Today anyone who sits at home
Will be sweating
As much as the swarm of dancers
At the ball!
The farmer is scratching himself
Because the times are so bad;
He forces hinself to take a run-up,
Rushes to the tax office
And pays up.
The money’s gone, that’s for sure,
They’ll never part with it again,
So, as it’s Carnival right now,
There’s a ball in the village inn,
And there are pretty girls there too,
We’ll have a knees-up,
Even if we have no money.
In fact nobody has any money!
A fat landlord is very annoyed,
All the apartments in his house are empty,
It doesn’t matter – despite his spleen
He’s going to a masked ball.
If six tenants are missing,
Then the rents for the rest will be put up,
Tomorrow an artist is moving in,
But he certainly won’t pay up,
If you call the bailiffs in it’s a nuisance,
People haven’t got a penny to their name,
That’s what the landlord thinks
And dances in his anger.
When he is near the Graces
The artist feels both at ease and uneasy
Like a little fish in the lake:
The happiness they radiate
Makes him see them
As the embodiment of an ideal he’s long been dreaming of.
He’s the one who’s been kissed on the forehead by the Muses,
Who sweetens life,
Whom beauty greets.
Where joy and love come to flower
The artist feels at home.
With quick movements,
Fresh and youthful
Every artist
Presents himself in a masterly way,
Hence it is quite understandable
That art stands in such high favour with the ladies.
Even the political, critical gentlemen
Like to turn wisely in a circle,
Even if they seem to be moving nimbly
They never actually leave the one spot.
And just as they dance the waltz, so they usually make a mess
Of the ideas in their brains – despite their efforts,
However exactly they write down everything down,
Unfortunately they keep losing the beat.
So just keep on
Dancing without a break,
Make the most of the moment,
For your good fortune
Will not return.
Use quickly
What you have got today,
Because time flies
And the rose of joy fades!
So dance, just dance!
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