ST
HE
LY
It is considered low to talk about food.
The fact is: they
Already eaten.
The lowly must leave this
Without having
Any good meat.
For wondering where they come from
Where they are
The fine evenings find
Too exhausted.
They have not yet
The mountains and the great
When their time is already up.
If the lowly do
Think about what's
They will never rise.
HE
AD OF
HE
RY
LL
EN
Meat has become unknown.
The pouring out of the people's sweat.
The laurel groves have
Lopped down.
From the chimneys of the arms
Rises smoke.
HE
ER
KS
AT
ES TO
The forests still grow.
The fields still
The cities still stand.
The people still breathe.
ON
HE
AR
HE
AY IS
ET
Every month, every
Lies open still. One of those
Is going to be marked with a cross.
HE
RS
RY
UT
OR
The merchants cry out for markets.
The unemployed were hungry. The
Are hungry now.
The hands that lay folded are busy again.
They are making shells.
SE
HO
KE
HE
AT
OM
HE
Teach contentment.
Those for whom the contribution is
Demand sacrifice.
Those who eat their fill speak to the
Of wonderful times to come.
Those who lead the country into the
Call ruling too
For ordinary men.
EN
HE
RS
AK OF
The common folk
That war is coming.
When the leaders curse
The mobilization order is already written out.
SE AT
HE
OP
AY:
ND
Are of different substance.
But their peace and their
Are like wind and storm.
War grows from their
Like son from his
He
Her frightful features.
Their war
Whatever their
Has left over.
ON
HE
LL
AS
ED:
They want war.
The man who wrote
Has already fallen.
SE AT
HE
OP
AY:
This way to glory.
Those down below say:
This way to the grave.
HE
AR
CH IS
Is not the first one. There
Other wars before it.
When the last one came to an
There were conquerors and conquered.
Among the conquered the common
Starved. Among the
The common people starved too.
SE AT
HE
OP
AY
Reigns in the army.
The truth of this is
In the cookhouse.
In their hearts should
The selfsame courage.
On their
Are two kinds of rations.
EN IT
ES TO
NG
NY DO
That their enemy is marching at their head.
The voice which gives them their
Is their enemy's voice
The man who speaks of the
Is the enemy himself.
IT IS
The married
Lie in their beds. The young
Will bear orphans.
AL,
UR
NK IS A
UL
It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.
But it has one defect:
It needs a driver.
General, your bomber is powerful.
It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.
But it has one defect:
It needs a mechanic.
General, man is very useful.
He can fly and he can kill.
But he has one defect:
He can think.
