Was ist hier los? - Terjemahan Bahasa Inggris

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Was ist hier los?

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Sturmfahrt (2017)

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Was ist hier los?

What's Going On Here?

We build up,

And then break down,

We begin,

And then stop,

We want a lot,

We can't do anything,

First comes truth,

And then dare*

First nothing begins,

Then nothing starts,

And if not today,

Then someday,

Nothing goes in,

Then nothing comes out,

Only hot air,

In this honorable house,

[Refrain:]

What's going on here - what?

What has happened - what?

How can it be,

That that doesn't concern anybody here?

What's going on here - what?

What has happened - what?

Should it be so

That here nothing works at all,

What's going on here?

What's happening here?

What has happened?

The gut thinks,

The heart obeys,

What's going on here?

Is that normal?

First comes eating,

Then come ethics

[Refrain:]

What's going on here - what?

What has happened - what?

How can it be,

That that doesn't concern anybody here?

What's going on here - what?

What has happened - what?

Should it be so

That here nothing works at all,

What's going on here?

Who gains nothing,

Yet loses,

Has learned much,

And understood nothing,

It never begins, it never ends

[Refrain:]

What's going on here - what?

What has happened - what?

How can it be,

That that doesn't concern anybody here?

What's going on here - what?

What has happened - what?

Should it be so

That here nothing works at all,

What's going on here?

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Eiszeit

diunggah pada tanggal 23 Jun 2017 - 20:36

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Komentar penulis:

*A reference to the game Wahrheit oder Pflicht - Truth or Dare, but literally "truth or obligation"

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AdMol

13 Jan 2018, 23:06

"Erst kommt das Fressen / und dann kommt die Moral."

'Moral' is the same word in German and English, used here in the sense of 'the moral of the story', the lesson learned.

In context, this line means "First comes the feasting, then we'll learn the cost."

Freigeist E

14 Jan 2018, 00:55

" Erst kommt das Fressen und dann kommt die Moral." is a famous quotation from Berthold Brecht's "Dreigroschenoper". (The Threepenny Opera)
It depicts a philosphical insight that in real life poeple treasure money more than ethics.
Dict.cc proposes the following interpretations in English:
Grub first, then ethics
First comes a full stomach, then comes ethics

Eiszeit A

17 Jan 2018, 01:18

Ah, ethics is what I had meant. A misunderstanding on my part due to the close spelling of "morals" (ethics) and "morale", which I had thought to be similar. :) Thank you for pointing that out. Should I add the reference in the notes as well?

Freigeist E

17 Jan 2018, 02:08