Little Gunther
Was born in '41
And his brother Simon
Eight years earlier in June
In the heart of Berlin
In forty-two
One took his first steps
The other, unhappy
Entered boarding school
In the same year
Their father, mobilized
Left the house
To go into hiding
One Wednesday evening
He was denounced
The following Thursday
The Gestapo came to get him
To arrest him
19 years later
Walking down Bernauer Street
Simon hurried
To find his big brother
19 years later
It was August 13th
Year 61
The day the Berlin Wall was built
And as before
Everything started again
Simon and Gunther
Were separated
Wiping away
The tears that flowed
They knew well that one day
Poor Simon
Could finally escape.

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