I am still a town | I am still a town, but not for much longer

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by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Noch bin ich eine Stadt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Noch bin ich eine Stadt, doch nicht mehr lange.
Fünfzig Geschlechter haben mich bewohnt, 
wenn ich die Todesvögel jetzt empfange: 
In tausend Jahr erbaut, verheert in einem Mond.

Text Authorship:

by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), appears in Kriegsfiebel [author's text not yet checked 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), "Noch bin ich eine Stadt" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "I am still a town", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2005-04-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 28

I am still a town

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I am still a town, but not for much longer.
Fifty generations have lived in me
    if I now receive the bird of death;
What was built up over a thousand years will be laid waste in a month.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), appears in Kriegsfiebel
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This text was added to the website: 2005-04-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 39