Verses 1-4; Translated from Neoliberal
dene wos ned guet geit giengs besser giengs dene besser wos scho lang guet geit
those who fare badly
would be better off
would those fare better
that for long had been doing fine
was aber nid geit ohni dass’s dene weniger guet geit wos ned so guet geit
which would not work
unless those
get less
who don’t do so well
drum geit weni für dass es dene besser geit wos weniger guet geit
that is why little happens
to make it better
for those
who fare badly
und drum geits nomme dene besser wos gäng guet geit.
and that is why
only those will be better off
who already do well
(After a song by Mani Matter, 1970)
my apologies to the Anglophone audience, but the poetry of the original lyrics by Mani Matter is impossible to replicate in English. The meaning of the original song is deeply rooted in the social gospel, and can be heard in the following video in the distinct Swiss dialect from Berne.
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