Bitten der Kinder

Bertolt Brecht

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	English version by Riccardo Venturi
PREGHIERE DEI BAMBINI	CHILDREN’S PRAYERS

Le case non devono bruciare.	The houses should not burn.
Di bombardieri non ne dobbiamo sapere.	We should not know what bombers are.
La notte deve essere per dormire.	The night should be made for sleep.
La vita non deve essere una pena.	Life should not be pain and punishment.
Le madri non devono piangere.	The mothers should not weep.

Nessuno può dover ammazzare nessuno.	Nobody should kill anybody.
Tutti devono costruire qualcosa	Everybody should build something
in cui tutti si possa avere fiducia.	That everybody can trust.
I giovani devono arrivarci.	The young must reach it.
E i vecchi, lo stesso.	The old, they must too.

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