Excerpt from Anna Karenina

"Himmlisch ist's, wenn ich bezwungen

Meine irdishe Begier;

Aber doch wenn's nicht gelungen,

Hatt'ich auch recht hubsch Plaisir!"

Meaning:

Heavenly it would be to conquer

My earthly lusts;

But though I've not succeeded,

I still have lots of pleasure'

-Stanza from the libretto of Die Fledermaus

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