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Ode to a Composer (Bach at Treblinka)

Pete Seeger
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OriginalTraduzione italiana di Riccardo Venturi
ODE TO A COMPOSER (BACH AT TREBLINKA)ODE A UN COMPOSITORE (BACH A TREBLINKA)
You’re one of us now
Johann Sebastian Bach
your statues stand
but you
chained in your own score
were dragged to Treblinka
where murder and music
go hand-in-hand.
Ora sei uno di noi, Johann,
Sei uno di noi, ora.
I tuoi monumenti si ergono ;
Ma tu, incatenato al tuo spartito,
Assieme a me e a molti altri
Trascinato qui a Treblinka,
Trascinato qui a Treblinka,
Dove l'assassinio e la musica,
Dove l'assassinio e la musica
Vanno mano per la mano.


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