Deux bâtons de marche (Kafka, set by György Kurtág) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Zwei Spazierstöcke

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): FRE

Auf Balzacs Spazierstockgriff: ich breche alle Hindernisse.
Auf meinem: Mich brechen alle Hindernisse.
Gemeinsam ist das "alle".

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

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by György Kurtág (b. 1926), "Zwei Spazierstöcke", op. 24 no. 1o (1985-6) [soprano and violin], from Kafka-Fragmente, no. 1o [ sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Deux bâtons de marche", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani

Text added to the website: 2009-05-20 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:14
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Word count: 17

Deux bâtons de marche

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Sur la poignée du bâton de Balzac : j'ai brisé tous les obstacles.
Sur le mien : tous les obstacles m'ont brisé.
Ils ont en commun ce « tous ».

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

Text added to the website: 2016-12-15 00:00:00
Last modified: 2017-02-16 14:11:55
Line count: 3
Word count: 30