Noch bin ich eine Stadt, doch nicht mehr lange. Fünfzig Geschlechter haben mich bewohnt, wenn ich die Todesvögel jetzt empfange: In tausend Jahr erbaut, verheert in einem Mond.
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Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), appears in Kriegsfiebel [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 Paul Dessau (1894 - 1979), "Noch bin ich eine Stadt" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "I am still a town", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2005-04-11
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