by Ernst Kühlbrandt (1857 - 1933)
Gefahr
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Wenn [du]1 um die Zukunft [bangst]2, greife zu und schaffe ehrlich: Die Gefahr ist nicht gefährlich, doch gefährlich ist die Angst.
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2 Knopf: "banget"
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Confirmed with Ernst Kühlbrandt, Der Weisheitszahn. Sinn-Gedichte, herausgegeben und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Heinz Stanescu, Bukarest: Jugendverlag, [1969], page 58
1 Knopf: "dir"2 Knopf: "banget"
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Kühlbrandt (1857 - 1933), "Gefahr", appears in Kurzschlüsse 1919 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Carl Knopf (1893 - 1979), "Gefahr" [voice and piano], in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book II [ sung text verified 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Danger", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-06-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 24