{"id":278,"date":"2023-01-03T16:07:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/widerklang.info\/?page_id=278"},"modified":"2023-01-04T20:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T20:31:24","slug":"resolution-der-kommunarden-by-bertolt-brecht-und-hans-eisler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/resolution-der-kommunarden-by-bertolt-brecht-und-hans-eisler\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution der Kommunarden by Bertolt Brecht und Hans Eisler"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Text by Berthold Brecht 1934, music by Hanns Eisler. The text recalls the Paris Commune. The Paris Commune is the name given to the revolutionary Paris City Council spontaneously formed during the Franco-Prussian War from March 18, 1871 to May 28, 1871, which attempted to administer Paris according to socialist ideas against the will of the conservative central government. Its members are called communards*. The Paris Commune is considered a model of council democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Original<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Erw\u00e4gung unserer Schw\u00e4che machtet        ihr Gesetze, die uns knechten soll&#8217;n           die Gesetze seien k\u00fcnftig nicht beachtet     in Erw\u00e4gung, dass wir nicht mehr Knecht sein woll&#8217;n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Erw\u00e4gung, dass ihr uns dann eben        mit Gewehren und Kanonen droht           haben wir beschlossen, nunmehr schlechtes Leben                                     mehr zu f\u00fcrchten als den Tod<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Erw\u00e4gung, dass wir hungrig bleiben       wenn wir dulden, dass ihr uns bestehlt        wollen wir mal feststell&#8217;n, dass nur Fensterscheiben                            uns vom guten Brote trennen, das uns fehlt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Erw\u00e4gung<\/strong> &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Erw\u00e4gung, dass da H\u00e4user stehen           w\u00e4hrend ihr uns ohne Bleibe lasst             haben wir beschlossen, jetzt dort einzuziehen  weil es uns in uns&#8217;ren L\u00f6chern nicht mehr passt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Erw\u00e4gung<\/strong> &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Erw\u00e4gung, es will euch nicht gl\u00fccken       uns zu schaffen einen guten Lohn           \u00fcbernehmen wir jetzt selber die Fabriken     in Erw\u00e4gung, ohne euch reicht&#8217;s f\u00fcr uns schon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Erw\u00e4gung<\/strong> &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Erw\u00e4gung, dass wir der Regierung         was sie immer auch verspricht, nicht trau&#8217;n   haben wir beschlossen, unter eig&#8217;ner F\u00fchrung   uns nunmehr ein gutes Leben aufzubau&#8217;n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Erw\u00e4gung, ihr h\u00f6rt auf Kanonen        and&#8217;re Sprachen k\u00f6nnt ihr nicht versteh&#8217;n      m\u00fcssen wir dann eben, ja das wird sich lohnen die Kanonen auf euch dreh&#8217;n             m\u00fcssen wir dann eben, ja das wird sich lohnendie Kanonen auf euch dreh&#8217;n!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>English translation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering our weakness                     you made laws that shall enslave us          the laws will not be respected in the future  Considering we don&#8217;t want to be servants anymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considering that you will then              threaten us with guns and canons           we&#8217;ve decided to fear a bad life          more than death<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering we&#8217;re staying hungry             if we tolerate you stealing from us          We have realised that it&#8217;s only window panes  that separate us from the good bread that we miss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considering <\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering there&#8217;s houses standing there     while you leave us without a place to stay     we have decided to move in there now    because it doesn&#8217;t fit us in our holes anymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considering <\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering you won\u2018t succeed               to create for us a good salary               we&#8217;ll take over the factories ourselves        considering that without you it&#8217;s enough for us<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considering <\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering that we mistrust the government   about whatever it is promising us           we have decided to build ourselves a good life                                          under our own leadership<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Considering you&#8217;re listening to cannons            other languages you can&#8217;t understand          we&#8217;ll have to turn the cannons on you       yes, it&#8217;ll be worth it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: Text by Berthold Brecht 1934, music by Hanns Eisler. The text recalls the Paris Commune. The Paris Commune is the name given to the revolutionary Paris City Council spontaneously formed during the Franco-Prussian War from March 18, 1871 to May 28, 1871, which attempted to administer Paris according to socialist ideas against the will &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/resolution-der-kommunarden-by-bertolt-brecht-und-hans-eisler\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Resolution der Kommunarden by Bertolt Brecht und Hans Eisler<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/278\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/widerklang.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}