赞美共产主义

布莱希特

1932

它合乎理性，人人能够了解它。

它容易了解。

你不是一个剥削者，你能理解它。

它对你有好处，快去找寻它。

蠢人说它愚蠢，龌龊的人说它龌龊。

它反对龌龊也反对愚蠢。

剥削者说它是罪行。

可是我们知道：

它是罪行的结束。

它不是狂暴，

却是狂暴的结束。

它不是混乱

却是秩序。

它是单纯的

做起来却不容易。

In Praise of Communism

by Bertolt Brecht

1932

It is reasonable. You can grasp it. It’s simple.

You’re no exploiter, so you’ll understand.

It is good for you. Look into it.

Stupid men call it stupid, and the dirty call it dirty.

It is against dirt and against stupidity.

The exploiters call it a crime.

But we know:

It is the end of all crime.

It is not madness but

The end of madness.

It is not chaos,

But order.

It is the simple thing

That’s hard to do.

这黑暗的时代，也会有歌唱吗？

是的，也有歌唱。

关于这黑暗的时代。