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Du kleiner Kasten, den ich flüchtend trug Daß meine Lampen mir auch nicht zerbrächen Besorgt vom Haus zum Schiff, vom Schiff zum Zug Daß meine Feinde weiter zu mir sprächen An meinem Lager und zu meiner Pein Der letzten nachts, der ersten in der Früh Von ihren Siegen und von meiner Müh: Versprich mir, nicht auf einmal stumm zu sein!
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Composition:
- Set to music by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "An den kleinen Radioapparat", 1942-3, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Auf den kleinen Radioapparat", appears in Steffinische Sammlung
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sean Phillip Mabrey) , "To the small radio device", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To a little radio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 62
You little box that I carried as I fled, Concerned to save your works from getting broken, Carefully from house to ship, from ship to train, So that my enemies could continue to talk to me At my bedside and to my pain, The last at night, the first in the morning, Could continue to talk about their victories and my efforts: Promise me, not suddenly to go silent!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Auf den kleinen Radioapparat", appears in Steffinische Sammlung
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 70