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Aber auch ich auf dem letzten Boot Sah noch den Frohsinn des Frührots im Tackelzeug Und der Delphine graulichte Leiber tauchen Aus der japanischen See. Und die Pferdewäglein mit dem Goldbeschlag Und die rosa Armschleier der Matronen In den Gassen des gezeichneten Manila Sah auch der Flüchtling mit Freude. Die Öltürme und die durstenden Gärten von Los Angeles Und die abendlichen Schluchten Kaliforniens und die Obstmärkte Ließen den Boten des Unglücks Nicht kalt.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 830
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- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Die Landschaft des Exils" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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But I too, on the last boat Still saw the cheerfulness of the early light of dawn in the tackle, And saw the dolphins' grey shiny bodies diving up Out of the Japanese Sea. And The little horse carts with gold fittings, And the pink gauzy sleeves of the matrons In the streets of ill-fated Manila, Were also perceived with joy by the fugitive. And the oil towers and the thirsting gardens of Los Angeles And the canyons of California, shaded by evening, and the fruit markets Did not leave the messenger of doom Cold.
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