by
Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
Daß er verrecke! ist mein letzter Wille
Language: German (Deutsch)
Daß er verrecke! ist mein letzter Wille.
Er ist der Erzfeind. Hört ihr, das ist wahr!
Ich kann es sagen, denn nur die Loire
Weiß, wo ich nunmehr bin. Und eine Grille.
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Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 821
Text Authorship:
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), "Epitaph auf einen in der Flandernschlacht Gefallenen", 1942-3, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina (1930 - 2021), "Epitaph", 2020, published 2021 [ mezzo-soprano and string quartet ], from For mezzosoprano and string quartet, no. 4, Wien, Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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That he die a miserable death! that is...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
That he die a miserable death! that is my last will.
He is the arch-enemy. Listen up, you, that is true!
I can say it, for only the Loire
Knows where I am now. And a cricket.
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Translated titles:
"Gedenktafel für einen im Krieg des Hitler gegen Frankreich Gefallenen" = "Memory plaque for one who fell in the war of the Hitler against France"
"Epitaph auf einen in der Flandernschlacht Gefallenen" = "Epitaph for one who fell in the Battle of Flanders"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-16
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