by
Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
Dies ist nun alles und ist nicht genug
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Dies ist nun alles und ist nicht genug.
Doch sagt es euch vielleicht, ich bin noch da.
Dem gleich ich, der den Backstein mit sich trug
Der Welt zu zeigen, wie sein Haus aussah.
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Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 815
1 Eisler: "Das"
2 Eisler: "'s ist"
3 Eisler: "ein"
Authorship:
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", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Spruch", 1942, from Sonette Lieder, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Spruch", 1939, from Vier Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Maxime", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Maxime
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Voilà, c'est tout et ce n'est pas assez,
Au moins cela vous dira peut-être :
Je suis encore là !
Je suis encore là !
Je suis comme celui qui porte une brique avec lui
Pour montrer au monde comment sa maison ressemblait.
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