by
Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
Dies ist nun alles und ist nicht genug
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG FRE
Dies ist nun alles und ist nicht genug.
Doch sagt es euch vielleicht, ich bin noch da.
Dem gleich ich, der den Backstein mit sich trug
Der Welt zu zeigen, wie sein Haus aussah.
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Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 815
1 Eisler: "Das"
2 Eisler: "'s ist"
3 Eisler: "ein"
Text Authorship:
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), "Spruch", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Spruch", 1942, from Sonette Lieder, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Spruch", 1939, from Vier Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Maxime", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 34
This is now all and is not enough
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
[This]1 is now all and [is]2 not enough,
Yet it may tell you that I am still here.
I am like him who carried a brick with him
In order to show the world what [his]3 house used to look like.
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Translation of title "Spruch" = "Maxim"
1 Eisler: "That"
2 Eisler: "it is"
3 Eisler: "a"
Text Authorship:
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