There is no greater pleasure | There is no greater pleasure

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by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)

Translation © by T. P. (Peter) Perrin

Nessun maggior piacere

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

Our translations: ENG

Nessun maggior piacere
Che ricordarsi d'un tempo infelice
Nella fortuna.

Text Authorship:

by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), no title, appears in La divina commedia, in Inferno, V, 121-123
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by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), "Nessun maggior piacere", 1847. [soprano or tenor and piano] [
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ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , title 1: "There is no greater pleasure", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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There is no greater pleasure

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

There is no greater pleasure
than to recall a wretched time
in time of bliss.

Note: this is a parody of some lines from Dante's Inferno.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2006 by T. P. (Peter) Perrin, (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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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), no title, appears in La divina commedia, in Inferno, V, 121-123
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2006-03-27
Line count: 3
Word count: 15