for Maria Valdmaa and Germaine Sijstermans

from "Das Schweigen des Sirenes"

Leo Svirsky
text by Franz Kafka

w
w

ww

always very quiet, to oneself, trailing off into silence

Voice

&

Es

is

zwar

&
a

ber

da

&

sich

&

vor

je

ge

ret

Ih

ren

ge

viel

&

nicht

leicht

mand

tet

ht

Schwei

vor

b
b ww

denk

ih

hen,

ww
-

bar,

ren

Ge

# n ww

sang

ww

sche

te,

# n ww

gen

ww
ge

b ww
-

wi

When there are two pitches, the lower pitch is to be played by an accompanying
sustained instrument, or another vocalist.

n ww

nicht