Manchen der Freunde sah ich, und den geliebtesten Hilflos versinken im Sumpfe, an dem ich Taglich vorbeigeh. Und es geschah nicht an einem Einzigen Vormittag. Viele Wochen nahm es oft; dies machte es schrecklicher. Und das Gedenken an die gemeinsamen Langen Gespräche über den Sumpf, der So viele schon birgt. Hilflos nun sah ich ihn zurückgelehnt Bedeckt mit den Blutegeln In dem schimmernden Sanft bewegten Schlamm. Auf dem versinkenden Antlitz das gräßliche Wonnige Lächeln.
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Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Der Sumpf" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Naomi Replansky (b. 1918) , copyright © ; composed by Hanns Eisler.
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