sometimes misattributed to Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) and by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)

Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
The rat men accused me of not liking stench,
of not liking garbage, of not liking their squeals,
of not liking to eat dirt. For days they argued,
considering the question from every angle,
finally they condemned me.
You don't like stench, you don't like garbage,
You don't like our squeals;
You don't like to eat dirt.

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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