This city has taught me that

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Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt

Language: German (Deutsch) after the German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt,
Paradies und Hölle
können eine Stadt sein.
Für die Mittellosen
ist das Paradies die Hölle.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), appears in Hollywood-Elegien, no. 1
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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 IV", from Fünf Elegien, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Hollywood", from Die Hollywood-Elegien, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Diese Stadt hat mich belehrt", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 24 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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This city has taught me that

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

This city has taught me that
Paradise and hell can be one and the same place.
For those without means, paradise
Is hell.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Not Applicable [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), appears in Hollywood-Elegien, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 23