Maxime 1939 | Dans les temps des ténèbres

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by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Spruch 1939

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

In den finsteren Zeiten wird da noch gesungen werden?
Ja! da wird gesungen werden von den finsteren Zeiten,
da wird gesungen werden, von den finstern Zeiten.

Text Authorship:

by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked 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), "Spruch 1939", 1939, from Vier Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Proverb 1939", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Maxime 1939", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Maxime 1939

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

Dans les temps des ténèbres,
Est-ce que l'on chantera encore ?
Oui, il y aura des chants
Sur les temps des ténèbres.

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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-26
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Word count: 21