by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Du Färberssohn vom Lech, im...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Du Färberssohn vom Lech, im Kluckerspiele
Dich messend mit mir in [verflossnen]1 Jahren
Wo bist Du in dem Staub der Panzerbile
Die nun das schöne Flandern niederfahren?
 
Die fleischerne Bombe auf Calais gefällt
Warst du das, Weberssohn der Spinnerei?
Oh Sohn des Bäckers meiner Kinderwelt,
Gilt dir der blutenden Champagne Schrei?

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   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 821

1 Eisler: "vergang'nen"

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You painter's son from the Lech, who...
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
You painter's son from the Lech, who challenged me
To games in years past,
Where are you in the dust of the tanks
That are presently crushing beautiful Flanders?
 
The bomb of flesh, dropped on Calais,
Was that you, weaver's son of the spinning-mill?
Oh son of the baker of my childhood world,
Is bleeding Champagne screaming on account of you?

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Translated titles:
"Ich lese von der Panzerschlacht" = "I read about the battle with tanks"
"Panzerschlacht" = "Battle with Tanks"

Note: Lech is a river in Augsburg

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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-11
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Word count: 61