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Kälbermarsch

Bertolt Brecht
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KÄLBERMARSCH

Hinter der Trommel her
Trotten die Kälber
Das Fell für die Trommel
Liefern sie selber.

Sie tragen ein Kreuz voran
Auf blutroten Flaggen
Das hat für den armen Mann
Einen großen Haken.

Der Metzger ruft. Die Augen fest geschlossen
Das Kalb marschiert mit ruhig festem Tritt.
Die Kälber, deren Blut im Schlachthof schon geflossen
Sie ziehn im Geist in seinen Reihen mit.

Sie tragen ein Kreuz voran
Auf blutroten Flaggen
Das hat für den armen Mann
Einen großen Haken.

Sie heben die Hände hoch,
Sie zeigen sie her
Sie sind schon blutbefleckt
Und sind noch leer.

Sie tragen ein Kreuz voran
Auf blutroten Flaggen
Das hat für den armen Mann
Einen großen Haken.
MARCH OF THE CALVES

Following the drum
The calves trot
The skin for the drum
They deliver themselves.
The butcher calls. The eyes tightly closed
The calf marches on with calmly assured step.
The calves, whose blood has already been shed in the slaughterhouse
In spirit they march along in their ranks.

They lift their hands
And show them around
They are already stained with blood
And are still empty.
The butcher calls. The eyes tightly closed
The calf marches on with calmly assured step.
The calves, whose blood has already been shed in the slaughterhouse
In spirit they march along in their ranks.

They carry a cross ahead
On bloody crimson flags
That has for the poor man
A great hook.
The butcher calls. The eyes tightly closed
The calf marches on with calmly assured step.
The calves, whose blood has already been shed in the slaughterhouse
In spirit they march along in their ranks.


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