by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
Keiner plagt sich gerne, doch wir wissen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Keiner plagt sich gerne, doch wir wissen:
Grau ist's immer, wenn ein Morgen naht
Und trotz Hunger, Kält und Finternissen
Stehn zum Handanlegen wir parat.
Fort mit den Trümmern
Und was Neues hingebaut!
Um uns selber müssen wir uns selber kümmern
Und heraus gegen uns, wer sich traut!
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Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), no title, appears in Aufbaulieder, no. 1, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, first published 1981 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Paul Dessau (1894 - 1979), "Aufbaulied der FDJ", 1950 [ voice, orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Building Song of the FDJ", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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