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Die Bücherverbrennung ("The Burning of the Books") by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch When the Regime commanded the unlawful books to be burned, teams of dull oxen hauled huge cartloads to the bonfires. Then a banished writer, one of the best, scanning the list of excommunicated texts, became enraged: he’d been excluded! He rushed to his desk, full of contemptuous wrath, to write fiery letters to the incompetents in power — Burn me! he wrote with his blazing pen — Haven’t I always reported the truth? Now here you are, treating me like a liar! Burn me! German text: Die Bücherverbrennung Als das Regime befahl, Bücher mit schädlichem Wissen Öffentlich zu verbrennen, und allenthalben Ochsen gezwungen wurden, Karren mit Büchern Zu den Scheiterhaufen zu ziehen, entdeckte Ein verjagter Dichter, einer der besten, die Liste der Verbrannten studierend, entsetzt, daß seine Bücher vergessen waren. Er eilte zum Schreibtisch Zornbeflügelt, und schrieb einen Brief an die Machthaber. Verbrennt mich! schrieb er mit fliegender Feder, verbrennt mich! Tut mir das nicht an! Laßt mich nicht übrig! Habe ich nicht Immer die Wahrheit berichtet in meinen Büchern? Und jetzt Werd ich von euch wie ein Lügner behandelt! Ich befehle euch: Verbrennt mich! Published by Poetry Super Highway, The Hindu, The Tory, Chicago Sun-Times (excerpt), Poemist, Poetry on Demand and Convivium Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, burning, books, banned, harmful, unlawful, **** regime, fires, bonfires, oxen, carts, cartloads, Adolph ****** writer, writers, excommunicated, exiled, burn, truth, pen, blazing, fiery, liar Bertolt Brecht Epigrams and Quotations These are my modern English translations of epigrams and quotations by Bertolt Brecht. Everyone chases the way happiness feels, unaware how it nips at their heels. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The world of learning takes a crazy turn when teachers are taught to discern! — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Unhappy, the land that lacks heroes. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hungry man, reach for the book: it's a hook, a harpoon. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Because things are the way they are, things can never stay as they were. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch War is like love; true ... it finds a way through. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch What happens to the hole when the cheese is no longer whole? — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by threatening the poor clerk. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Do not fear death so much, or strife, but rather fear the inadequate life. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, translation, translations, German, modern English, epigram, epigrams, quote, quotes, quotations
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Mar 9, 2020
Mar 9, 2020 at 10:43 PM UTC
michael-r-burch
Bertolt Brecht "The Burning of the Books" translation
Die Bücherverbrennung ("The Burning of the Books") by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch When the Regime commanded the unlawful books to be burned, teams of dull oxen hauled huge cartloads to the bonfires. Then a banished writer, one of the best, scanning the list of excommunicated texts, became enraged: he’d been excluded! He rushed to his desk, full of contemptuous wrath, to write fiery letters to the incompetents in power — Burn me! he wrote with his blazing pen — Haven’t I always reported the truth? Now here you are, treating me like a liar! Burn me! German text: Die Bücherverbrennung Als das Regime befahl, Bücher mit schädlichem Wissen Öffentlich zu verbrennen, und allenthalben Ochsen gezwungen wurden, Karren mit Büchern Zu den Scheiterhaufen zu ziehen, entdeckte Ein verjagter Dichter, einer der besten, die Liste der Verbrannten studierend, entsetzt, daß seine Bücher vergessen waren. Er eilte zum Schreibtisch Zornbeflügelt, und schrieb einen Brief an die Machthaber. Verbrennt mich! schrieb er mit fliegender Feder, verbrennt mich! Tut mir das nicht an! Laßt mich nicht übrig! Habe ich nicht Immer die Wahrheit berichtet in meinen Büchern? Und jetzt Werd ich von euch wie ein Lügner behandelt! Ich befehle euch: Verbrennt mich! Published by Poetry Super Highway, The Hindu, The Tory, Chicago Sun-Times (excerpt), Poemist, Poetry on Demand and Convivium Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, burning, books, banned, harmful, unlawful, **** regime, fires, bonfires, oxen, carts, cartloads, Adolph ****** writer, writers, excommunicated, exiled, burn, truth, pen, blazing, fiery, liar Bertolt Brecht Epigrams and Quotations These are my modern English translations of epigrams and quotations by Bertolt Brecht. Everyone chases the way happiness feels, unaware how it nips at their heels. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The world of learning takes a crazy turn when teachers are taught to discern! — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Unhappy, the land that lacks heroes. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hungry man, reach for the book: it's a hook, a harpoon. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Because things are the way they are, things can never stay as they were. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch War is like love; true ... it finds a way through. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch What happens to the hole when the cheese is no longer whole? — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by threatening the poor clerk. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Do not fear death so much, or strife, but rather fear the inadequate life. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, translation, translations, German, modern English, epigram, epigrams, quote, quotes, quotations
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Der Abschied (“The Parting”) by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch We embrace; my fingers trace rich cloth while yours encounter only moth- eaten fabric. A quick hug: you were invited to the gay soiree while the minions of the "law" relentlessly pursue me. We talk about the weather and our eternal friendship's magic. Anything else would be too bitter, too tragic. German text: Der Abschied Wir umarmen uns. Ich fasse reichen Stoff Du fassest armen. Die Umarmung ist schnell Du gehst zu einem Mahl Hinter mir sind die Schergen. Wir sprechen vom Wetter und von unserer Dauernden Freundschaft. Alles andere Wäre zu bitter. Published by Poetry on Demand, The HyperTexts and Ghani Project Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, parting, farewell, **** law, minions, henchmen, thugs, pursuit, chase, embrace, hug, rich, cloth, threadbare, soiree, dinner, meal, event, eternal, friendship, bitter, weather, exile Bertolt Brecht Epigrams and Quotations These are my modern English translations of epigrams and quotations by Bertolt Brecht. Everyone chases the way happiness feels, unaware how it nips at their heels. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The world of learning takes a crazy turn when teachers are taught to discern! — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Unhappy, the land that lacks heroes. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hungry man, reach for the book: it's a hook, a harpoon. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Because things are the way they are, things can never stay as they were. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch War is like love; true ... it finds a way through. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch What happens to the hole when the cheese is no longer whole? — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by threatening the poor clerk. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Do not fear death so much, or strife, but rather fear the inadequate life. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, translation, translations, German,  modern English, epigram, epigrams, quote, quotes, quotations HERMANN HESSE This is my modern English translation of the poem "Stages" by the great German poet Hermann Hesse from his novel "The Glass Bead Game." Stages by Hermann Hesse from his novel "The Glass Bead Game" loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch As every flower wilts and every youth must wilt and exit life from a curtained stage, so every virtue—even our truest truth— blooms some brief time and cannot last forever. Since life may summons death at any age we must prepare for death’s obscene endeavor, meet our end with courage and without remorse, forego regret and hopes of some reprieve, embrace death’s end, as life’s required divorce, some new beginning, calling us to live. Thus let us move, serene, beyond our fear, and let no sentiments detain us here. The Universal Spirit would not chain us, but elevates us slowly, stage by stage. If we demand a halt, our fears restrain us, caught in the webs of creaturely defense. We must prepare for imminent departure or else be bound by foolish “permanence.” Death’s hour may be our swift deliverance, from which we speed to fresher, newer spaces, and Life may summons us to bolder races. So be it, heart! Farewell, and adieu, then! Keywords/Tags: Hermann Hesse, translation, German, English, life, death, stage, stages, truth, flower, wilt, youth, flower, blooms, time, age, courage, hope, hopes, fear, spirit, god, space, spaces, heart, farewell
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Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020 at 12:31 AM UTC
michael-r-burch
Bertolt Brecht "The Parting" translation
Der Abschied (“The Parting”) by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch We embrace; my fingers trace rich cloth while yours encounter only moth- eaten fabric. A quick hug: you were invited to the gay soiree while the minions of the "law" relentlessly pursue me. We talk about the weather and our eternal friendship's magic. Anything else would be too bitter, too tragic. German text: Der Abschied Wir umarmen uns. Ich fasse reichen Stoff Du fassest armen. Die Umarmung ist schnell Du gehst zu einem Mahl Hinter mir sind die Schergen. Wir sprechen vom Wetter und von unserer Dauernden Freundschaft. Alles andere Wäre zu bitter. Published by Poetry on Demand, The HyperTexts and Ghani Project Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, parting, farewell, **** law, minions, henchmen, thugs, pursuit, chase, embrace, hug, rich, cloth, threadbare, soiree, dinner, meal, event, eternal, friendship, bitter, weather, exile Bertolt Brecht Epigrams and Quotations These are my modern English translations of epigrams and quotations by Bertolt Brecht. Everyone chases the way happiness feels, unaware how it nips at their heels. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The world of learning takes a crazy turn when teachers are taught to discern! — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Unhappy, the land that lacks heroes. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hungry man, reach for the book: it's a hook, a harpoon. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Because things are the way they are, things can never stay as they were. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch War is like love; true ... it finds a way through. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch What happens to the hole when the cheese is no longer whole? — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by threatening the poor clerk. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Do not fear death so much, or strife, but rather fear the inadequate life. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, translation, translations, German,  modern English, epigram, epigrams, quote, quotes, quotations HERMANN HESSE This is my modern English translation of the poem "Stages" by the great German poet Hermann Hesse from his novel "The Glass Bead Game." Stages by Hermann Hesse from his novel "The Glass Bead Game" loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch As every flower wilts and every youth must wilt and exit life from a curtained stage, so every virtue—even our truest truth— blooms some brief time and cannot last forever. Since life may summons death at any age we must prepare for death’s obscene endeavor, meet our end with courage and without remorse, forego regret and hopes of some reprieve, embrace death’s end, as life’s required divorce, some new beginning, calling us to live. Thus let us move, serene, beyond our fear, and let no sentiments detain us here. The Universal Spirit would not chain us, but elevates us slowly, stage by stage. If we demand a halt, our fears restrain us, caught in the webs of creaturely defense. We must prepare for imminent departure or else be bound by foolish “permanence.” Death’s hour may be our swift deliverance, from which we speed to fresher, newer spaces, and Life may summons us to bolder races. So be it, heart! Farewell, and adieu, then! Keywords/Tags: Hermann Hesse, translation, German, English, life, death, stage, stages, truth, flower, wilt, youth, flower, blooms, time, age, courage, hope, hopes, fear, spirit, god, space, spaces, heart, farewell
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I lay in your arms on a Vacant bed of Poppies                                   Watching a midnight blue sky                                                       As ancient ferns opened curtains wide                                                                                                                                            Cathedral upon cathedral                                                                 Passed before our vision                                                                   Each belled more splendid than the next                                                                                                                                            Slave doors were but half opened                                                 We saw arches being lifted                   Marx and Brecht nodding in agreement                                       We turned and rested in "I AM"                                                                                                                                                                The poppies faded                                                                           Their red turning to blood                                                                 Black centres becoming AFRIKA ! Copyright © Ghairo Daniels  2017
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Sep 26, 2025
Sep 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM UTC
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Poppies
I lay in your arms on a Vacant bed of Poppies                                   Watching a midnight blue sky                                                       As ancient ferns opened curtains wide                                                                                                                                            Cathedral upon cathedral                                                                 Passed before our vision                                                                   Each belled more splendid than the next                                                                                                                                            Slave doors were but half opened                                                 We saw arches being lifted                   Marx and Brecht nodding in agreement                                       We turned and rested in "I AM"                                                                                                                                                                The poppies faded                                                                           Their red turning to blood                                                                 Black centres becoming AFRIKA ! Copyright © Ghairo Daniels  2017
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Die Maske des Bösen (“The Mask of Evil”) by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A Japanese woodcarving hangs on my wall— the mask of an ancient demon, limned with golden lacquer. Not unsympathetically, I observe the forehead’s bulging veins, the strain such malevolence requires. Original German text: Die Maske des Bösen An meiner Wand hängt ein japanisches Holzwerk Maske eines bösen Dämons, bemalt mit Goldlack. Mitfühlend sehe ich Die geschwollenen Stirnadern, andeutend Wie anstrengend es ist, böse zu sein. Bertolt Brecht [1898-1956] was a major German poet, playwright, novelist, humorist, essayist, theater director and songwriter. Brecht fled Germany in 1933, when ****** assumed power. A number of Brecht's poems were written from the perspective of a man who sees his country becoming increasingly fascist, xenophobic and militaristic. Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, Holocaust, poem, Japanese, carving, mask, demon, evil, malevolence, sympathy, compassion, understanding, feeling, forehead, veins, swollen, bulging, effort, strain, exhausting, concentration, suggest, suggesting, suggestive, demonstrating, revealing, showing, wall, gold, golden, lacquer, paint, woodwork, totem, malice, hatred, enmity, spite, spitefulness, animosity, anger, maliciousness, malignancy, venom, spleen, viciousness Bertolt Brecht Epigrams and Quotations These are my modern English translations of epigrams and quotations by Bertolt Brecht. Everyone chases the way happiness feels, unaware how it nips at their heels. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The world of learning takes a crazy turn when teachers are taught to discern! — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Unhappy, the land that lacks heroes. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hungry man, reach for the book: it's a hook, a harpoon. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Because things are the way they are, things can never stay as they were. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch War is like love; true ... it finds a way through. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch What happens to the hole when the cheese is no longer whole? — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by threatening the poor clerk. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Do not fear death so much, or strife, but rather fear the inadequate life. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, translation, translations, German, modern English, epigram, epigrams, quote, quotes, quotations
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Mar 20, 2020
Mar 20, 2020 at 11:50 PM UTC
michael-r-burch
Bertolt Brecht "The Mask of Evil" translation (II)
Die Maske des Bösen (“The Mask of Evil”) by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A Japanese woodcarving hangs on my wall— the mask of an ancient demon, limned with golden lacquer. Not unsympathetically, I observe the forehead’s bulging veins, the strain such malevolence requires. Original German text: Die Maske des Bösen An meiner Wand hängt ein japanisches Holzwerk Maske eines bösen Dämons, bemalt mit Goldlack. Mitfühlend sehe ich Die geschwollenen Stirnadern, andeutend Wie anstrengend es ist, böse zu sein. Bertolt Brecht [1898-1956] was a major German poet, playwright, novelist, humorist, essayist, theater director and songwriter. Brecht fled Germany in 1933, when ****** assumed power. A number of Brecht's poems were written from the perspective of a man who sees his country becoming increasingly fascist, xenophobic and militaristic. Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, Holocaust, poem, Japanese, carving, mask, demon, evil, malevolence, sympathy, compassion, understanding, feeling, forehead, veins, swollen, bulging, effort, strain, exhausting, concentration, suggest, suggesting, suggestive, demonstrating, revealing, showing, wall, gold, golden, lacquer, paint, woodwork, totem, malice, hatred, enmity, spite, spitefulness, animosity, anger, maliciousness, malignancy, venom, spleen, viciousness Bertolt Brecht Epigrams and Quotations These are my modern English translations of epigrams and quotations by Bertolt Brecht. Everyone chases the way happiness feels, unaware how it nips at their heels. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The world of learning takes a crazy turn when teachers are taught to discern! — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Unhappy, the land that lacks heroes. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hungry man, reach for the book: it's a hook, a harpoon. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Because things are the way they are, things can never stay as they were. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch War is like love; true ... it finds a way through. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch What happens to the hole when the cheese is no longer whole? — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by threatening the poor clerk. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Do not fear death so much, or strife, but rather fear the inadequate life. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, translation, translations, German, modern English, epigram, epigrams, quote, quotes, quotations
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Radio Poem by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch You, little box, held tightly to me, while escaping, so that your delicate tubes do not break; carried from house to house, from ship to train, so that my enemies may continue communicating with me on land and at sea and even in my bed, to my pain; the last thing I hear at night, the first thing when I awake, recounting their many conquests and my cares, promise me not to go silent all of a sudden, unawares. Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, Holocaust, poem, radio, tubes, valves, transmission, communicate, communication, communicating, land, sea, bed, night, sleep, dawn, morning, awake, awakening, conquests, victories, triumphs, cares, losses, silence, silent Bertolt Brecht Epigrams and Quotations These are my modern English translations of epigrams and quotations by Bertolt Brecht. Everyone chases the way happiness feels, unaware how it nips at their heels. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The world of learning takes a crazy turn when teachers are taught to discern! — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Unhappy, the land that lacks heroes. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hungry man, reach for the book: it's a hook, a harpoon. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Because things are the way they are, things can never stay as they were. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch War is like love; true ... it finds a way through. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch What happens to the hole when the cheese is no longer whole? — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by threatening the poor clerk. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Do not fear death so much, or strife, but rather fear the inadequate life. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, translation, translations, German, modern English, epigram, epigrams, quote, quotes, quotations
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Mar 11, 2020
Mar 11, 2020 at 4:27 AM UTC
michael-r-burch
Bertolt Brecht "Radio Poem" translation
Radio Poem by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch You, little box, held tightly to me, while escaping, so that your delicate tubes do not break; carried from house to house, from ship to train, so that my enemies may continue communicating with me on land and at sea and even in my bed, to my pain; the last thing I hear at night, the first thing when I awake, recounting their many conquests and my cares, promise me not to go silent all of a sudden, unawares. Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, Holocaust, poem, radio, tubes, valves, transmission, communicate, communication, communicating, land, sea, bed, night, sleep, dawn, morning, awake, awakening, conquests, victories, triumphs, cares, losses, silence, silent Bertolt Brecht Epigrams and Quotations These are my modern English translations of epigrams and quotations by Bertolt Brecht. Everyone chases the way happiness feels, unaware how it nips at their heels. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch The world of learning takes a crazy turn when teachers are taught to discern! — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Unhappy, the land that lacks heroes. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Hungry man, reach for the book: it's a hook, a harpoon. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Because things are the way they are, things can never stay as they were. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch War is like love; true ... it finds a way through. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch What happens to the hole when the cheese is no longer whole? — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by threatening the poor clerk. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Do not fear death so much, or strife, but rather fear the inadequate life. — loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, translation, translations, German, modern English, epigram, epigrams, quote, quotes, quotations
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The Mask of Evil by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A Japanese carving hangs on my wall – the mask of an ancient demon, limned with golden lacquer. Not altogether unsympathetically, I observe its forehead’s bulging veins, noting the tremendous effort such malevolence requires. Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, Holocaust poem, mask, evil, Japanese, carving, demon, totem, forehead, veins, bulging, effort, concentration, focus, malevolence, malice, hatred, enmity, spite, spitefulness, animosity, maliciousness, malignance, venom, spleen, viciousness
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Mar 11, 2020
Mar 11, 2020 at 4:49 AM UTC
michael-r-burch
Bertolt Brecht "The Mask of Evil" translation
The Mask of Evil by Bertolt Brecht loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A Japanese carving hangs on my wall – the mask of an ancient demon, limned with golden lacquer. Not altogether unsympathetically, I observe its forehead’s bulging veins, noting the tremendous effort such malevolence requires. Keywords/Tags: Bertolt Brecht, German, translation, Holocaust poem, mask, evil, Japanese, carving, demon, totem, forehead, veins, bulging, effort, concentration, focus, malevolence, malice, hatred, enmity, spite, spitefulness, animosity, maliciousness, malignance, venom, spleen, viciousness
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In the dark times, Will there also be singing? Yes, There will also be singing. About the dark times. -Bertolt Brecht <><><> intuitive? perhaps. logical? perhaps? hopeful? surely. let there be singing. But, will they sing of famine and mass starvation, nuclear holocaust? lawlessness and mayhem? this poem does not, will not, can not! ever rhyme.
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Apr 6
Apr 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTC
nat-lipstadt
Brecht: In the dark times, Will there also be singing?
In the dark times, Will there also be singing? Yes, There will also be singing. About the dark times. -Bertolt Brecht <><><> intuitive? perhaps. logical? perhaps? hopeful? surely. let there be singing. But, will they sing of famine and mass starvation, nuclear holocaust? lawlessness and mayhem? this poem does not, will not, can not! ever rhyme.
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