Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht – Mi fai spuntare le lacrime, fratello / Brother, you make my eyes wet

John Everett Millais, The Woodman’s Daughter, 1851 Brother, you make my eyes wet,I see your life is no fun. Here is an apple. See, I have three, so I can give you one. I see nothing excessive about it: we can both live. Only promise me, that you in your greed will not swallow the seeds, rather that you, before I depart,will …

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Bertolt Brecht – Il fumo / The smoke

Isaac Levitan, The Watermill, Sunset, 1880 The little house among trees by the lake.From the roof smoke rises.Without ithow dreary would behouse, trees and lake. La piccola casa sotto gli alberi sul lago.Dal tetto sale il fumo.Se mancassequanto sarebbero desolatila casa, gli alberi, il lago! Go back to album – B. Brecht

Bertolt Brecht – Ho sentito che non volete imparare niente / I hear you don’t want to learn anything

Jean-Michel Basquiat, 50 Cent piece, 1983 I hear you don’t want to learn anything.I gather from that: you’re millionaires.Your future is assured — it liesbright and clear before you. Your parentshave fixed things so that your feetwon’t get bruised on any stones. So you don’t needto learn anything. You can staythe way you are.Should some …

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