In den Weiden am Sund Ruft in diesen Frühlingsnächten oft das Käuzlein. Nach dem [Aberglauben]1 der Bauern Setzt das Käuzlein die Menschen davon in Kenntnis Daß sie nicht lang leben. Mich Der ich weiß, daß ich die Wahrheit gesagt habe [Über die Herrschenden]2, braucht der Totenvogel [davon Nicht erst]3 in Kenntnis zu setzen.
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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 816
1 Eisler: "Aberglaub'n"2 omitted by Eisler
3 Eisler: "nicht erst davon"
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), no title, appears in Steffinische Sammlung, in Frühling 1938, no. 3 [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), "In den Weiden", 1942, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Steuermann (1892 - 1964), "Der Totenvogel", 1945, from Brecht-Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the willows", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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