The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Bertrand Russel

Saturday, December 28, 2013

The Actor and the Act




Und so sehen wir betroffen / 
Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen.“
Bertolt Brecht*

    
And so we see with concern / the curtain closed and all questions open.”
  


*A modification of the original Brecht version from Marcel Reich-Ranicki.
Translation:
Original version (The good person from Szechwan, Epilogue): “With consternation / We see the curtain closed, the plot unended.”
Literal (~): “And so we see with concern / the curtain closed and all questions open.”