Ô cher artiste, sois prévenu | Ô cher artiste, sois prévenu

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by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

O lieber Künstler sei ermahnt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

O lieber Künstler sei ermahnt
Und übe Vorsicht jedenfalls!
Wer in gewissen Kähnen kahnt,
Dem steigt das Wasser bis zum Hals.
Und wenn ein dunkel trübes Licht
Verdächtig aus dem Nebel lugt,
Lustwandle auf der Lienau nicht,
Weil dort der lange Robert spukt!
Dein Säckel wird erobert
Vom langen Robert!

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Text Authorship:

by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948) [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), "O lieber Künstler sei ermahnt", op. 66 no. 6 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 6 [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) , "Ô cher artiste, sois prévenu", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Matthias Fletzberger

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 50

Ô cher artiste, sois prévenu

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

Ô cher artiste, sois prévenu,
Et dans tous les cas montre de la prudence !
Celui qui rame dans certaines barques,
Tombe à l'eau jusqu'au cou.
Et quand une lumière sombre et trouble
Jaillit de manière louche à travers le brouillard,
Ne va pas te promener sur le Lienau,
Qui est hanté par le long Robert !
Ta bourse sera volée
Par le long Robert !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-03
Line count: 10
Word count: 63