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[O schattige Speise]1! Einer dunklen Tanne Geruch geht nächtlich brausend in dich ein Und mischt sich mit der süßen Milch aus großer Kanne Und dem des Räucherspecks [vom]2 kalten Stein. Bier, Ziegenkäse, frisches Brot und Beere Gepflückt am grauen Strauch, wenn Frühtau fällt! Oh [sic], könnt ich laden euch, die überm Meere Der Krieg der leeren Mägen hält!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 820
1 Eisler: "Oh, schattige Kühle"2 Eisler: "am"
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Finnische Gutsspeisekammer 1940", appears in Steffinische Sammlung [author's text checked 2 times 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), "Speisekammer 1942", 1942, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2009, (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: 60
[Oh shady viands]1! The scent of a dark pine Enters you every night with a rush, and mingles with the sweet milk in a large jug And with [the scent] of the smoked bacon [from the]2 cold stone. Beer, goat cheese, fresh bread And a berry picked from a grey bush when morning dew is falling! Oh, if I could only invite you - you across the sea, Who are being held [captive] by the war of empty stomachs!
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View text without footnotesTranslated titles:
"Finnische Gutsspeisekammer 1940" = "Finnish Farm Pantry 1940"
"Speisekammer 1942" = "Pantry 1942"
2 Eisler: "lying upon a"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Finnische Gutsspeisekammer 1940", appears in Steffinische Sammlung
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 80