Sieh den Nagel in der Wand, den du eingeschlagen hast. Wann glaubst du, wirst du zurückkehren? Willst du wissen, was du im Innersten glaubst? Tag um Tag arbeit'st du, sitzend in der Kammer schreibst du. Willst du wissen, was du von deiner Arbeit hältst? Sieh den kleinen Kastanienbaum, zu dem du die Kanne voll Wasser schleppst.
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Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked 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), "Sieh den Nagel in der Wand", 1939, from Über die Dauer des Exils, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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