Oh dear artist be warned

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by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

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

Oh dear artist be warned

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh dear artist be warned
And practise prudence in any case!
He who rows in certain boats
Is soon in water up to his neck.
And when a dark, dim light
Peers dubiously from out the fog,
Do not go ambling upon the Lienau,
Because it is haunted by the tall Robert!
Your little sack [of money] will be grabbed
By the tall Robert!

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Translator's notes:
Line 3: The words "Kähnen kahnt" in this line are a reference to the Leipzig music publisher C.F. Kahnt.
Line 7: A reference to yet another music publishing house, Robert Lienau Musikverlag.
Lines 8 and 10: "Robert" refers to the owner of the Robert Lienau Musikverlag.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (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 German (Deutsch) by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 64