by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Solche Bücher läßt du drucken! Teurer Freund, du bist verloren! Willst du Geld und Ehre haben, Mußt du dich gehörig ducken. Nimmer hätt ich dir geraten, So zu sprechen vor dem Volke, So zu sprechen von den Pfaffen Und von hohen Potentaten! Teurer Freund, du bist verloren! Fürsten haben lange Arme, Pfaffen haben lange Zungen, Und das Volk hat lange Ohren!
Composition:
- Set to music by David Leonard Blake (b. 1936), "Warnung", published 1981 [ high voice and instrumental ensemble (11 instruments) ], from From the mattress grave : a cycle of twelve songs to poems by Heine, no. 2, also set in English by Peter Palmer
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Warnung", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Zeitgedichte, no. 3
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Palmer) , "Warning", copyright © 2009, (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: 61