Epitaphs For Karl Liebknecht and
Rosa Luxemburg

 

By Bertolt Brecht

 

Epitaph 1919

    Red Rosa has also now disappeared
    Where she lies is unknown
    Because she told the truth to the poor
    The rich have hunted her out of the world.

     

     

Epitaph for Karl Liebknecht

    Here lies
    Karl Liebknecht
    The fighter against war
    When he was struck down
    Our city still continued to stand.

     

     

Epitaph for Rosa Luxemburg

    Here lies buried
    Rosa Luxemburg
    A Jewess from Poland
    Champion of the German workers
    Murdered on the orders of
    The German oppressors. Oppressed;
    Bury your differences!

     

Translated from the German by V.P. Sharma

 

 

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