Prends garde à toi | Prends garde à toi quand tu choisis ton chemin

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by Otto Benzon (1856 - 1927)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Se dig for

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE

Se dig for, når du vælger din Vej,
tidt går Sti over gyngende Grunde,
Vov dig længer fra Bredden ej,
End hvor du véd, du kan bunde.
Endt i Alvor er mangen Leg, se
Dig for, når du vælger din Vej.

Se dig for, hvor du sætter din Fod,
Va'r dig vel for Smudset og Dyndet,
Skæbnen bli'r dig kun lidet god,
Når mod dig selv du har syndet.
Faldet følger så bitter en Bod,
Se dig for, hvor du setter din Fod.

Text Authorship:

by Otto Benzon (1856 - 1927), "Se dig for", first published 1900 [author's text not yet checked 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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Se dig for", op. 70 (Fem Digte af Otto Benzon) no. 4 (1900), published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Prends garde à toi", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 83

Prends garde à toi

Language: French (Français) after the Danish (Dansk)

Prends garde à toi quand tu choisis ton chemin,
Le sentier passe souvent sur des sols incertains,
Ne te hasarde pas à une distance plus grande
Que là où tu sais pouvoir avoir pied.
Plus d'un jeu s'est terminé tragiquement,
Prends garde à toi quand tu choisis ton chemin.

Fais attention où tu poses le pied,
Garde-toi des ordures et de la fange
Le destin ne fera que peu de cas de toi
Si tu as failli contre toi-même.
Un repentir si amer suit la chute,
Fais attention où tu poses le pied.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Danish (Dansk) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Danish (Dansk) by Otto Benzon (1856 - 1927), "Se dig for", first published 1900
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 93