Auf der Flucht vor meinen Landsleuten Bin ich nun nach Finnland gelangt. Freunde, Die ich gestern nicht kannte, stellten [ein paar']1 Betten In saubere Zimmer. Im Lautsprecher Höre ich die Siegesmeldungen des Abschaums. Neugierig Betrachte ich die [Karte des Erdteils]2. Hoch oben in Lappland, Nach dem Nördlichen Eismeer zu, Sehe ich noch eine kleine Tür.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 819
1 Eisler: "uns2 Eisler: "Karte"
Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), appears in Steffinische Sammlung, in 1940, no. 8 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Die Flucht", 1942-3, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The flight", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
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