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Bertolt Brecht
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1940
My young son asks me: Must I learn mathematics? / What is the use, I feel like saying. That two pieces / Of bread are more than one's about all you'll end up with.
A Worker Reads History
Who built the seven gates of Thebes? / The books are filled with names of kings. / Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?
Alabama Song
Show me the way to the next whiskey bar / Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why / Show me the way to the next whiskey bar
Contemplating Hell
Contemplating Hell, as I once heard it, / My brother Shelley found it to be a place / Much like the city of London. I,
From A German War Primer
AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED / It is considered low to talk about food. / The fact is: they have
How Fortunate The Man With None
From the play "Mother Courage" / You saw sagacious Solomon / You know what came of him,
I Never Loved You More
I never loved you more, ma soeur / Than as I walked away from you that evening. / The forest swallowed me, the blue forest, ma soeur
I Want To Go With The One I Love
I want to go with the one I love. / I do not want to calculate the cost. / I do not want to think about whether it's good.
I Want To Go With The One I Love (Original and translation)
[Original Poem] / Ich will mit dem gehen, den ich liebe. / Ich will nicht ausrechnen, was es kostet.
I'm Not Saying Anything Against Alexander
Timur, I hear, took the trouble to conquer the earth. / I don't understand him. / With a bit of hard liquor you can forget the earth.
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