Songs

III. Teil - 4. Schmutzig bin ich, Milená...

by György Kurtág From Kafka Fragments (1986)

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III. Teil - 4. Schmutzig bin ich, Milená...
German source: Franz Kafka

Schmutzig bin ich, Milená, endlos schmutzig, darum mache ich ein solces Gechrei mit der Reinheit. Niemand singt so rein als die, welche in der tiefsten Hölle sind; was wir für den Gesang der Engle halten, ist ihr Gesang.

Part III. - 4. I am dirty, Milená

I am dirty, Milená, endlessly dirty, that it why I make such a fuss about cleanliness. None sing as purely as those in deepest Hell; it is their singing that we take for
the singing of Angels.

III. Teil - 4. Schmutzig bin ich, Milená...
German source: Franz Kafka

Part III. - 4. I am dirty, Milená

Schmutzig bin ich, Milená, endlos schmutzig, darum mache ich ein solces Gechrei mit der Reinheit. Niemand singt so rein als die, welche in der tiefsten Hölle sind; was wir für den Gesang der Engle halten, ist ihr Gesang.
I am dirty, Milená, endlessly dirty, that it why I make such a fuss about cleanliness. None sing as purely as those in deepest Hell; it is their singing that we take for

Composer

György Kurtág

György Kurtág

György Kurtág was born in Lugoj in the Banat region, Romania. In 1946, he began his studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he met his wife, Márta, and also György Ligeti, who became a close friend. His piano teacher at the…

Poet

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka

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