We are all lying in the Kattegatt

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by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wir liegen allesamt im Kattegatt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wir liegen allesamt im Kattegatt.
[Viehdampfer]¹ haben uns hinabgenommen. 
Fischer, wenn dein Netz hier viele Fische gefangen hat,
Gedenke unser und laß einen entkommen!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Eisler

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Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 822

¹ Eisler: "Die Viehdampfer"

Text Authorship:

by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Gedenktafel für 4000, die im Krieg des Hitler gegen Norwegen versenkt wurden", appears in Steffinische Sammlung [author's text checked 2 times 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), "Gedenktafel für 4000 Soldaten, die im Krieg gegen Norwegen versenkt wurden", 1942-3, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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We are all lying in the Kattegatt

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

We are all lying in the [Kattegatt]¹.
[Cattle ships]² carried us down.
Fisherman, when your net has caught many fish here,
Think of us and let one escape!

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Translated titles:
"Gedenktafel für 4000, die im Krieg des Hitler gegen Norwegen versenkt wurden" = "Memorial plaque for 4000 who went under on the sea in the war of the Hitler against Norway"
"Gedenktafel für 4000 Soldaten, die im Krieg gegen Norwegen versenkt wurden" = "Memorial plaque for 4000 soldiers who went under on the sea in the war against Norway"

¹ Kattegatt is the sea between Denmark and Sweden.
² Eisler: "The cattle ships"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Gedenktafel für 4000, die im Krieg des Hitler gegen Norwegen versenkt wurden", appears in Steffinische Sammlung
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