Never thought of it before, but Maiakovskii’s tripled refrain
Ленин ⎯ жил,
Ленин ⎯ жив,
Ленин ⎯ будет жить!
…in his poem Lenin, seems to echo Rosa Luxemburg‘s final written words in “Order Reigns in Berlin”:
Ich war,
Ich bin,
Ich werde sein!
Vladimir Lenin, born 144 years ago today. Some rare and not-so-rare posters of Lenin appear below. Click to enlarge.
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Reblogged this on Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings and commented:
Nice post here to celebrate Lenin’s 144th birthday – many happy returns Vladimir Ilych!
“Rosa Luxemburg‘s final written words in “Order Reigns in Berlinâ€:
Ich war,
Ich bin,
Ich werde sein!”
Actually, Rosa quotes a 1850s poem by Ferdinand Freiligrath, entitled “Die Revolution”, in which Freiligrath speculates about the return of revolutionary upheaval after the 1848/49 defeat.