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by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

Noch spielen die Jagdhunde im Hof, aber...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Noch spielen die Jagdhunde im Hof, aber das Wild entgeht ihnen nicht, 
so sehr es jetzt schon durch die Wälder jagt.
Lächerlich hast du dich aufgeschirrt für diese Welt. 
Je mehr Pferde du anspannst, desto rascher gehts - 
nämlich nicht das Ausreißen des Blocks aus dem Fundament, 
was unmöglich ist, aber das Zerreißen der Riemen 
und damit die leere fröhliche Fahrt.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Kurtág 

G. Kurtág sets lines 1-2

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Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924), written 1917 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by (Peter) Alexander Goehr (b. 1932), "Noch spielen die Jagdhunde im Hof", op. 41 no. 2 (1979) [ voice and piano ], from Das Gesetz der Quadrille, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Noch spielen die Jagdhunde im Hof", op. 82 (Fünf Lieder nach Franz Kafka ) no. 3 (1937-8) [ voice and piano ], Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
  • by György Kurtág (b. 1926), "In memoriam Robert Klein", op. 24 no. 4c (1985-6), lines 1-2 [ soprano and violin ], from Kafka-Fragmente, no. 4c [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-27
Line count: 7
Word count: 60

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