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The rat men accused me of not liking stench, of not liking garbage, of not liking their squeals, of not liking to eat dirt. For days they argued, considering the question from every angle, finally they condemned me. You don't like stench, you don't like garbage, You don't like our squeals; You don't like to eat dirt.
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Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962) [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "The rat men", from Die Hollywood-Elegien, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Nightmare", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 26 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 57
Die Rattenmänner beschuldigten mich, Gestank nicht zu mögen, Müll nicht zu mögen, ihr Kreischen nicht zu mögen, Schmutz nicht essen zu mögen. Tagelang haben sie debattiert, Die Frage von jeder Seite überlegend, Endlich haben sie mich verturteilt. Du magst nicht Gestank, du magst nicht Müll, Du magst unser Kreischen nicht, Du magst Schmutz nicht essen.
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Translated titles:"Nightmare" = "Alptraum"
"The Rat Men" = "Die Rattenmänner"
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Based on:
- a text in English misattributed to Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) and by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 55