{"id":1443,"date":"2020-12-02T23:06:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T04:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/abolition1313\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2020-12-02T23:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T04:50:29","slug":"1443-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/abolition1313\/1443-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Theo Bleckmann | Lyrics from Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"

English<\/strong><\/h1>\n

We will not keep the people waiting.\u00a0Ladies and gentlemen, you see here the vanishing representative\u00a0of a vanishing class. What is a picklock to a bank share? What is the burgling of a bank to the founding of a bank? What is the murder of a man to the employment of a man? Fellow citizens, I herewith take my leave of you. I thank you all for coming.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Solomon Song<\/strong><\/p>\n

King Solomon was very wise<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s his history?<\/p>\n

He came to view this world with scorn<\/p>\n

And curse the hours he was born<\/p>\n

Declaring all is vanity.<\/p>\n

King Solomon was very wise<\/p>\n

But long before the day was out<\/p>\n

The consequence was clear, alas!<\/p>\n

And wisdom \u2018twas that brought him to this pass:<\/p>\n

A man is better off without.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You saw Queen Cleopatra too
\nAnd what her talents were.
\nOh, it was quite a life she led
\nUntil her past caught up with her!
\nTwo emperors joined her in bed;
\nSuch goings-on in Babylon!
\nBut long before the day was out
\nThe consequence was clear, alas!
\nHer very beauty brought her to this pass:
\nA woman\u2019s better off without.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And Julius Caesar: he was brave.
\nHis fame shall never cease.
\nHe sat like God on an altarpiece
\nAnd then they tore him limb from limb
\nAnd Brutus helped to slaughter him.
\nOld Julius was very brave
\nBut long before the day was out
\nThe consequence was clear, alas!
\nHis bravery \u2018twas that brought him to this pass:
\nA man is better off without.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You know the inquisitive Bertolt Brecht.
\nHis songs \u2014 you loved them so.
\nBut when too oft he asked where from
\nThe riches of the rich kids did come
\nYou made him pack his bag and go.
\nOh how inquisitive was Brecht!
\nBut long before the day was out
\nThe consequence was clear, alas!
\nInquisitiveness had brought him to this pass:
\nA man is better off without.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And here you see our friend Macheath.
\nHis life is now at stake.
\nSo long as he was rational
\nAnd took whate\u2019er there was to take
\nHis fame was international.
\nBut then he got emotional
\nAnd though the day is not yet out
\nThe consequence is clear, alas!
\nEmotion \u2018twas that brought him to this pass:
\nA man is better off without.<\/p>\n

German<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\n
\n
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Wir wollen die Leute nicht warten lassen. Meine Damen und Herren. Sie sehen den untergehenden vertreter eines untergehenden standes. Wir kleinen b\u00fcrgerlichen Handwerker, die wir mit dem biederen brecheisen an den Nickelkassen der kleinen ladenbesitzer\u00a0arbeiten,\u00a0werden von den\u00a0Gro\u00dfunternehmern verschlungen, hinter denen die Banken stehen. Was\u00a0ist\u00a0ein\u00a0Dietrich\u00a0gegen\u00a0eine Aktie? Was ist\u00a0ein\u00a0Einbruch\u00a0in\u00a0eine\u00a0Bank\u00a0gegen die Gr\u00fcndung einer\u00a0Bank? Was\u00a0ist\u00a0die\u00a0Ermordung\u00a0eines\u00a0Mannes gegen\u00a0die\u00a0Anstellung\u00a0eines\u00a0Mannes? Mitb\u00fcrger, hiermit verabschiede ich mich von euch. Ich danke Ihnen, da\u00df Sie gekommen sind.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Salomon\u2011Song<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Ihr saht den weisen Salomo<\/p>\n

Ihr wi\u00dft, was aus ihm wurd.<\/p>\n

Dem Mann war alles sonnenklar.<\/p>\n

Er verfluchte die Stunde seiner Geburt<\/p>\n

Und sah, da\u00df alles eitel war.<\/p>\n

Wie gro\u00df und weis war Salomo!<\/p>\n

Und seht, da war es noch nicht Nacht<\/p>\n

Da sah die Weit die Folgen schon.<\/p>\n

Die Weisheit hatte ihn so weit gebracht;<\/p>\n

Beneidenswert, wer frei davon !<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ihr saht die sch\u00f6ne Kleopatra
\nIhr wi\u00dft, was aus ihr wurd !
\nZwei Kaiser fielen ihr zum Raub,
\nDa hat sie sich zu Tode gehurt
\nUnd welkte hin und wurde Staub.
\nWie sch\u00f6n und gro\u00df war Babylon !
\nUnd seht, da war es noch nicht Nacht
\nDa sah die Welt die Folgen schon:
\nDie Sch\u00f6nheit hatte sie so weit gebracht
\nBeneidenswert, wer frei davon !<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ihr saht den ku\u0308hnen C\u00e4sar dann<\/p>\n

Ihr wi\u00dft, was aus ihm wurd!<\/p>\n

Der sa\u00df wie \u2018n Gott auf \u2018nem Altar<\/p>\n

Und wurde ermordet, wie ihr erfuhrt !<\/p>\n

Und zwar, als er am gr\u00f6\u00dften war.<\/p>\n

Wie schrie der laut: \u00abAuch du, mein Sohn !\u00bb<\/p>\n

Und seht, da war es noch nicht Nacht<\/p>\n

Da sah die Welt die Folgen schon.<\/p>\n

Die Ku\u0308hnheit hatte ihn so weit gebracht.<\/p>\n

Beneidenswert, wer frei davon !<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Und jetzt seht ihr den Herrn Macheath<\/p>\n

Der allen Geizes bar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Er hat uns immerfort beschenkt<\/p>\n

Und als er leerer H\u00e4nde war<\/p>\n

Wurd er verkauft und aufgehenkt,<\/p>\n

Er gab uns siebenfachen Lohn<\/p>\n

Und seht, jetzt ist es noch nicht Nacht<\/p>\n

Da sieht die Welt die Folgen schon:<\/p>\n

Verschwendung hat ihn jetzt so weit gebracht –<\/p>\n

Beneidenswert, wer frei davon!<\/p>\n

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