In diesem Lande und in dieser Zeit Dürfte es trübe Abende nicht geben, Auch hohe Brücken über die Flüsse. Selbst die Stunden zwischen Nacht und Morgen Und die ganze Winterzeit dazu, das ist gefährlich! Denn angesichts des Elends Werfen die Menschen in einem Augenblick Ihr unerträgliches Leben fort.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Über den Selbstmord", 1942-3, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 8
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), no title, appears in Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2008, (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.
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