Quand tu as terminé un poème en musique | Quand tu as terminé un poème en musique

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by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Hast du ein Tongedicht vollbracht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Hast du ein Tongedicht vollbracht,
Nimm vor den Füchsen dich in Acht.
Denn solche Brüder Reinecke,
Die fressen dir das Deinige!¹

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• R. Strauss

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¹ Strauss: "Das Deinige! Die Brüder Reinecke!"

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948), no title [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Hast du ein Tongedicht vollbracht", op. 66 no. 5 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Quand tu as terminé un poème en musique", 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: 4
Word count: 22

Quand tu as terminé un poème en musique

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

Quand tu as terminé un poème en musique,
Prends garde aux renards,
Car ces frères goupils
Mangent ce qui est à toi !

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-03
Line count: 4
Word count: 22