Beneath the green pepper trees

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by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Unter den grünen Pfefferbäumen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Unter den grünen Pfefferbäumen
[Gehen]¹ die Musiker auf den Strich, zwei und zwei
Mit den Schreibern. Bach
Hat ein Strichquartett im Täschen. Dante schwenkt
Den dürren Hintern.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Eisler • H. Eisler • H. Eisler

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Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 850

¹ Eisler: "Gehn"

Text Authorship:

by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), no title, appears in Hollywood-Elegien, no. 4 [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Elegie I", from Fünf Elegien, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Unter den grünen Pfefferbäumen", from Die Hollywood-Elegien, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Unter den grünen Pfefferbäumen", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 21 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 27

Beneath the green pepper trees

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Beneath the green pepper trees
The musicians go streetwalking, two by two
With the writers.  Bach
Has a strut-quartet in his little pocket.  Dante wiggles
His withered bottom.

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Translated titles:
"Elegie I" = " Elegy I "
"Unter den grünen Pfefferbäumen" = "Beneath the green pepper trees"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), no title, appears in Hollywood-Elegien, no. 4
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-11
Line count: 5
Word count: 28