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'''अँग्रेज़ी से अनुवाद : असद ज़ैदी'''
''' लीजिए, अब जॉन विलेट के अँग्रेज़ी अनुवाद में यही कविता पढ़िए'''
Bertolt Brecht
When Evil-Doing Comes Like Falling Rain
Like one who brings an important letter to the counter after office hours: the counter is already closed.
Like one who seeks to warn the city of an impending flood, but speaks another language. They do not understand him.
Like a beggar who knocks for the fifth time at the door where he has four times been given something: the fifth time he is hungry.
Like one whose blood flows from a wound and who awaits the doctor: his blood goes on flowing.
So do we come forward and report that evil has been done us.
The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out ‘stop!’
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
Translated by John Willett
'''अब यही कविता मूल जर्मन भाषा में पढ़िए'''
Bertolt Brecht
Wenn die Untat kommt, wie der Regen fällt
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Als es zum ersten Mal berichtet wurde, daß unsere Freunde langsam geschlachtet wurden, war da ein Schrei des Entsetzens.
Da waren hundert geschlachtet. Aber als tausend geschlachtet waren und des Schlachtens kein Ende war, bereitete sich Schweigen aus.
Wenn die Untat kommt, wie der Regen fällt, dann ruft niemand mehr: halt!
Wenn die Verbrechen sich häufen, werden sie unsichtbar. Wenn die Leiden unerträglich werden, hört man die Schreie nicht mehr.
Bertolt Brecht, 1935
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