Bertolt Brecht/Ian Inkster - And I Always Thought [and Inkster 2015]
And I always thought: the very simplest words
Must be enough.
When I say what things are like
Every-one's heart must be torn to shreds.
That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself
Surely you see that.
And I always sought, the very simplest words,
To be enough
When I pay for what I like,
The price to you must be borne aloft.
And we'll go down if we don't stand up for ourselves
So we shall do just that.
I was always fraught: to find the simplest words
Make them enough.
When I say these things in spite
Could-be you'll choose to move yr heart again.
You could go down if you don't stand up for yourself
Now can you see A that.
Ian Inkster 2015-03-02
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem