Trop tard : 22 octobre 1913 | Trop tard./ La douceur du chagrin et de l'amour

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by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Zu spät (22. Oktober 1913)

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Zu spät. 
Die Süßigkeit der Trauer und der Liebe. 
Von ihr angelächelt werden im Boot. 
Das war das Allerschönste. 
Immer nur das Verlangen, zu sterben 
und das Sich-noch-Halten, das allein ist Liebe.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924) [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 György Kurtág (b. 1926), "Zu spät (22. Oktober 1913)", op. 24 no. 4a (1985-6) [ soprano and violin ], from Kafka-Fragmente, no. 4a [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Too late (October 22, 1913)", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Trop tard : 22 octobre 1913", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-20
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Trop tard : 22 octobre 1913

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

Trop tard.
La douceur du chagrin et de l'amour.
Recevoir un sourire d'elle dans le bateau.
C'était le plus merveilleux de tout.
Toujours rien que le désir de mourir
et celui de vivre encore, cela seul est l'amour.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-15
Line count: 6
Word count: 38