Heißgeliebt [Popular] [English translation]

Listen, Elphie, now that we're friends, I'm gonna make you my new project.

That's really not necessary.

I know. That's exactly what's nice about me!

If someone isn't as

Blessed by fortune as I --

And after all, there's really no one

Who's as blessed by fortune as I --

My heart immediately softens

With sorrow, and cries.

And if someone is embarrassed,

I seize the opportunity

To help, even when it hardly seems possible.

Now, your problem is,

Considered quite objectively, most extreme,

But I already know how I can solve it.

Team up with me

Cooperate and then

You'll soon be ...

Beloved!

Yes you'll soon be beloved!

I'll show you the come-on trick

And the smiling glance.

Little tips for flirting and flair.

I'll show you the most chic shoes

And the matching dress.

When you have that and a lot more...

You'll be beloved ...

Even you will soon be beloved

You'll go around with a clique,

You'll be an ace at sports,

You'll be cool and hip --

But admittedly

That's going to take a miracle for you.

Don't be hurt by my honesty.

Just consider me an expert in being desired.

Just admit to yourself that I'm indispensable.

Without experience

In the art of pairing-up,

One just seldom becomes beloved

And if you don't know that, you throw away

The chance to be a prize.

Being really "in"

Can only be learned with a lot of ... practice.

But if you're really hardworking,

Then even you will become

Beloved ... [-]1

La la la la

Cooperate and you'll become beloved.

To the angels deserving of mourning,

[Those] with regrettable flaws,

I shout: "Just think about it a bit

And ask yourselves -

The famed heads of state,

All the stars and hat-wavers -

Were they really great thinkers?

Don't make me laugh!"

They were beloved. Look,

Full of faults, but beloved.

Not much is needed --

Just how people view you.

He who knows that will surely become

Popular and beloved

Like me.

Why, Elphaba, you're a beauty! Look!

I - I have to go -

You're welcome!

Even if you say "no" now,

Let me predict to you

That your heart will buzz with joy

When your "being-deeply-sad"

Becomes "being-beloved".

La la la la

You'll become beloved.

Just not quite so beloved

As I!

1. The German translator did a good job of translating the rhyming joke from English. The word "heißgeliebt" (beloved), standing in for the English word "popular", is twisted to the nonsense-word "heißgelübt" in order to force a rhyme with the word "übt" (practice) a few lines earlier. Unfortunately, it's not so easy to translate the joke back into English from German!