Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt
German source:
Bertolt Brecht
und man begegnet allenthalben Engeln.
Sie riechen nach Öl und tragen goldene Pessare,
und mit blauen Ringen um die Augen füttern sie
allmorgentlich die Schreiber in ihren Schwimmpfühlen.
This town was christened after the angels
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
And there you encounter angels everywhere.
They smell of oil and wear golden pessaries
And with deep blue rings round their eyes
They feed each morning the writers in their swimming pools.
Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt
German source:
Bertolt Brecht
This town was christened after the angels
English source:
Richard Stokes
Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt
This town was christened after the angels
und man begegnet allenthalben Engeln.
And there you encounter angels everywhere.
Sie riechen nach Öl und tragen goldene Pessare,
They smell of oil and wear golden pessaries
und mit blauen Ringen um die Augen füttern sie
And with deep blue rings round their eyes
allmorgentlich die Schreiber in ihren Schwimmpfühlen.
They feed each morning the writers in their swimming pools.
Composer
Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler was an Austrian composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, and for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht.
Poet
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Living in Munich during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes with…