Ne regarde pas ce que font les autres

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sieh nicht, was andre tun

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Sieh nicht, was andre tun,
der andern sind so viel,
du kommst nur in ein Spiel,
das nimmermehr wird ruhn.

Geh einfach Gottes Pfad,
laß nichts sonst Führer sein,
so gehst du recht und grad,
und gingst du ganz allein.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• E. Frey

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Christian Morgenstern, Wir fanden einen Pfad. Gedichte, München: R. Piper & Co Verlag, 1966, page 24

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Wir fanden einen Pfad, first published 1914 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Emil Frey (1889 - 1946), "Gottvertrauen", op. 49 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Werner Gneist (1898 - 1980), "Sieh nicht, was andre tun" [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilfried Hiller , "Sieh nicht, was andre tun", from Morgenstern-Liederbuch [sung text not yet checked]
by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Sieh nicht, was andre tun" [sung text not yet checked]
by Gertrud Schweizer (1894 - 1942), "Sieh nicht, was andre tun", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Geistliche Gesänge, no. 2, CAESURA.
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
by (Richard Gustav) Heinz Tiessen (1887 - 1971), "Siehe nicht, was andere tun" [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

Ne regarde pas ce que font les autres

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

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Ne regarde pas ce que font les autres,
les autres sont si nombreux,
tu entres juste dans un jeu
qui ne s'apaisera jamais plus.

Va simplement sur le chemin de Dieu,
ne te permets pas d'autre guide,
ainsi tu iras bien et droit,
et tu iras tout seul.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Wir fanden einen Pfad, first published 1914
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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 48