by
Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
Du kleiner Kasten, den ich flüchtend...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG SPA
Du kleiner Kasten, den ich flüchtend trug
Daß [seine]1 Lampen mir auch nicht zerbrächen
Besorgt [von]2 Haus zum Schiff, vom Schiff zum Zug
Daß meine Feinde weiter zu mir sprächen
An meinem Lager und zu meiner Pein
Der letzten nachts, der ersten in der Früh
Von ihren Siegen und von meiner Müh:
Versprich mir, nicht auf einmal stumm zu sein!
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Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 818
1 Eisler: "meine"
2 Eisler: "vom"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sean Phillip Mabrey) , "To the small radio device", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To a little radio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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To the small radio device
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
You small box, that I carried while fleeing,
so that I wouldn't break my lamps against myself,
providing -- from house to ship, from ship to train --
a way that my enemies would speak further to me
at my shelter and to that of my pain
last thing at night, first thing in the morning
about their providence and about my efforts.
Promise me that you won't go mute all at once.
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