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Bertolt Brecht - Der Pflaumenbaum (The Plum Tree, translation)
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Im Hofe steht ein Pflaumenbaum, 
Der ist so klein, man glaubt es kaum. 
Er hat ein Gitter drum, 
So tritt ihn keiner um. 
Der Kleine kann nicht größer wer`n, 
Ja - größer wer`n, das möcht` er gern! 
`s ist keine Red davon: 
Er hat zu wenig Sonn`. 

Dem Pflaumenbaum, man glaubt ihm kaum, 
Weil er nie eine Pflaume hat. 
Doch er ist ein Pflaumenbaum: 
Man kennt es an dem Blatt.


The Plum Tree

In the courtyard stands a plum tree,
It`s so small, no one believes it.
It has a fence around it,
So no one can stomp on it.
The little tree can`t grow,
Yes – it wants to grow!
No one talks about it;
It gets too little sun.

No one believes it`s a plum tree
Because it doesn`t have a single plum.
But it is a plum tree;
You can tell by its leaf.

The Plum Tree

A plum tree in the courtyard stands
so small no one believes it can.
There is a fence surrounds
so no one stomps it down.
The little tree can`t grow
although it wants to so!
There is no talk thereon  
and much too little sun.

No one believes in the tree
because no plums do they see.
But it`s a plum tree; 
you can tell by its leaf.
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