Da ich die Bücher, nach der Grenze hetzend Den Freunden ließ, entrat ich des Gedichts, Doch führ ich meine Rauchgefäße mit, verletzend Des Flüchtlings dritte Regel: Habe nichts! Die Bücher sagen dem nicht viel, der nun Auf solche wartet, kommend ihn zu greifen. Das Ledersäcklein und die alten Pfeifen Vermögen fürder mehr für ihn zu tun.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 820
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Die Pfeifen" [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), "Auf der Flucht", 1942, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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