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Bitten der Kinder

Bertolt Brecht
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OriginalEnglish version by Riccardo Venturi
BITTEN DER KINDERCHILDREN’S PRAYERS
  
Die Häuser sollen nicht brennen.The houses should not burn.
Bomber sollt man nicht kennen.We should not know what bombers are.
Die Nacht soll für den Schlaf sein.The night should be made for sleep.
Leben soll keine Straf sein.Life should not be pain and punishment.
Die Mütter sollen nicht weinen.The mothers should not weep.
  
Keiner sollt müssen töten einen.Nobody should kill anybody.
Alle sollen was bauenEverybody should build something
Da kann man allen trauen.That everybody can trust.
Die Jungen sollen's erreichen.The young must reach it.
Die Alten desgleichen.The old, they must too.


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