Wenn sie nachts lag und dachte, Und ihr Sohn auf der grimmigen See! Sie konnte nicht einschlafen; Ihr Herz, das pochte so laut. Wenn ihr Sohn sie besuchen kam, Stand sie nachts vor der [Hüttenwand]1. Wasser aus einem Eimer schüttete sie An die Wand, hinter der ihr Sohn lag, Damit er einschlief, [weil]2 er meinte, Er [sei]3 auf der See.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 1081
1 Eisler: "Hütte"2 Eisler: "damit"
3 Eisler: "wär' noch"
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Der Sohn" [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), "Der Sohn I", 1942-1943, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Der Sohn", op. 70g no. 2a (2008) [ alto and piano ], from Brecht-Triptychon, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The son I", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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