Still playing, are the hounds in the courtyard, but the game won't escape

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by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

In memoriam Robert Klein

(Sung text for setting by G. Kurtág)

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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.
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

György Kurtág

Kafka-Fragmente

Text Authorship:

by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924), written 1917

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ENG English (Laura Stanfield 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

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In memory of Robert Klein

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Kurtág)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Still playing, are the hounds in the courtyard, but the game won't escape, 
when they begin to hunt in the woods.
 ...

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-2 of the original text.

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