Bertolt Brecht's Poetry, by title

• A Worker Reads History

  Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
  The books are filled with names of kings.

  29 lines
• About the Seduction of an Angel (Translation with original German)

  Über die Verführung von Engeln
  Engel verführt man gar nicht oder schnell.

  35 lines
• Alabama Song

  Show me the way to the next whisky bar
  Oh, don't ask why, oh, don't ask why

  45 lines
• Contemplating Hell

  Contemplating Hell, as I once heard it,
  My brother Shelley found it to be a place

  24 lines, 1 comment
• Der Pflaumenbaum (The Plum Tree, translation)

  Im Hofe steht ein Pflaumenbaum,
  Der ist so klein, man glaubt es kaum.

  46 lines
• Elogio al Aprendizaje

  ¡Aprende las cosas elementarias!
  ¡Para aquellos a quienes les ha llegado la hora nunca es demasadio tarde!

  24 lines
• Fragen

  Schreib mir, was du anhast! Ist es warm?
  Schreib mir, wie du liegst! Liegst du auch weich?

  18 lines
• From A German War Primer

  AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED
  It is considered low to talk about food.

  115 lines, 1 comment
• Future Generations (Translation of "Den Nachgeborenen")

  I confess this:
  I have no hope.

  19 lines, 1 comment
• How Fortunate the Man with None

  From the play "Mother Courage"
  You saw sagacious Solomon

  41 lines
• I Never Loved You More

  I never loved you more, ma soeur
  Than as I walked away from you that evening.

  12 lines
• I Want To Go With The One I Love

  I want to go with the one I love.
  I do not want to calculate the cost.

  5 lines
• I Want To Go With The One I Love...

  [Original]
  Ich will mit dem gehen, den ich liebe.

  12 lines
• I'm Not Saying Anything Against Alexander

  Timur, I hear, took the trouble to conquer the earth.
  I don't understand him.

  13 lines
• Ich habe dich nie je so geliebt...

  [Original]
  Ich habe dich nie je so geliebt, ma soeur

  26 lines
• Mack the Knife

  Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
  And he shows them pearly white.

  24 lines, 2 comments
• My Young Son Asks Me...

  My young son asks me: Must I learn mathematics?
  What is the use, I feel like saying. That two pieces

  12 lines
• Not What Was Meant

  When the Academy of Arts demanded freedom
  Of artistic expression from narrow-minded bureaucrats

  23 lines
• O Germany, Pale Mother!

  Let others speak of her shame,
  I speak of my own.

  41 lines
• On Reading a Recent Greek Poet

  After the wailing had already begun
  along the walls, their ruin certain,

  6 lines
• On the Critical Attitude

  The critical attitude
  Strikes many people as unfruitful

  13 lines
• Parting

  We embrace.
  Rich cloth under my fingers

  9 lines
• Pleasures (Translation with the original German, "Vergnügungen")

  First look from morning's window
  The rediscovered book

  38 lines
• Questions

  Write me what you're wearing! Is it warm?
  Write me how you lie! Do you lie there softly?

  19 lines
• Questions From A Worker Who Reads

  Who built Thebes of the seven gates?
  In the books you will find the names of kings.

  27 lines, 1 comment
• Radio Poem

  You little box, held to me escaping
  So that your valves should not break

  8 lines, 1 comment
• Sauna and Coitus (Translation with original German)

  Sauna und Beischlaf
  Am besten fickt man erst und badet dann.

  37 lines
• Send Me a Leaf

  Send me a leaf, but from a bush
  That grows at least one half hour

  5 lines
• Solidarity Song

  Peoples of the world, together
  Join to serve the common cause!

  45 lines, 1 comment
• The Mask Of Evil

  On my wall hangs a Japanese carving,
  The mask of an evil demon, decorated with gold lacquer.

  5 lines, 3 comments

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