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L'Innommable Segment 2285, version 1 (MS-HRC-SB-4-1, f. 54v)
C'est la fin qui est le
pire, non, ce n'est pas vrai, c'est le
commencement qui est le pire, puis
le milieu, puis la fin, à fi à la
fin c'est la fin qui est le pire, cette
voix qui, c'est chaque instant qui est
le pire, ça se passe dans le temps, les
secondes passent, l'une après l'autre,
saccadées, ça ne coule pas, elles ne
passent pas, elles arrivent, pan, paf, pan,
paf, elles vous frappent, rebondissent,
ne bougent plus, quand on ne sait plus
quoi dire on parle du temps, des secondes,
il y en a qui les ajoutent les unes aux
autres, moi je ne peux pas pour en
faire des heures, pour en faire des jours,
pour en faire une vie, moi je ne peux
pas, chacune est la première, non,
chacune est la seconde, ou la troisième,
j'ai trois secondes, et encore, pas tous
les jours.
L'Innommable Segment 2285, version 2 (Minuit 1953, p. 222)
C'est la fin qui est le pire, non, c'est le commencement qui est le pire, puis le milieu, puis la fin, à la fin c'est la fin qui est le pire, cette voix qui, c'est chaque instant qui est le pire, ça se passe dans le temps, les secondes passent, les unes après les autres, saccadées, ça ne coule pas, elles ne passent pas, elles arrivent, pan, paf, pan, paf, vous rentrent dedans, rebondissent, ne bougent plus, quand on ne sait plus quoi dire on parle du temps, des secondes, il y en a qui les ajoutent les unes aux autres pour en faire une vie, moi je ne peux pas, chacune est la première, non, la seconde, ou la troisième, j'ai trois secondes, et encore, pas tous les jours.
The Unnamable Segment 2285, version 3 (MS-HRC-SB-5-9-3, f. 28r)
It's the
end that's the worst, no, it's the beginning
that's the worst, then the middle, then
the end, in the end it's the end that's the
worst, this voice which, it's every second
that's the worst, that's in the time dimension,
the seconds pass, one after another, jerkily,
no flow, they don't pass, they arrive, bang,
bang, bang, bang, they bang into you,
bounce off, and never move again fall
and never move again, when you have
nothing left to say you talk of time, seconds
of time, there are some people add them
together to make a life, I can't, each
one is the first, no, the second, or the third,
I'm three seconds old, oh not every day
of the week.
The Unnamable Segment 2285, version 4 (MS-HRC-SB-5-10, f. 124r)
It's the end that is the worst, no, it's the beginning
that is the worst, then the middle, then the end, in the end it's
the end that is the worst, this voice which, it's every second
that is in the worst, it's a chronicle, the seconds pass, one
after another, jerkily, no flow, they don't pass, they arrive,
bang, bang, they bang into you, bounce off, fall and never move
again, when you have nothing left to say you talk of time, seconds
of time, there are some people add them together to make a life,
I can't, each one is the first, no, the second, or the third,
I'm three seconds old, oh not every day of the week.
The Unnamable Segment 2285, version 5 (MS-WU-MSS008-3-71, f. 120r)
It's the end that is the worst, no, it's the beginning that is the worst, then the middle, then the end, in the
end it's the end that is the worst, this voice that, I don't know,
it's every second that is the worst, it's a chronicle, the seconds
pass, one after another, jerkily, no flow, they don't pass, they
arrive, bang, bang, they bang into you, [|] bounce 
off, fall and never
move again, when you have nothing left to say you talk of time,
seconds of time, there are some people add them together to make a
life, I can't, each one is the first, no, the second, or the third,
I'm three seconds old, oh not every day of the week, week.
The Unnamable Segment 2285, version 6 (Grove Press 1958, p. 151)
It's the end that is the worst, no, it's the beginning that is the worst, then the middle, then the end, in the end it's the end that is the worst, this voice that, I don't know, it's every second that is the worst, it's a chronicle, the seconds pass, one after another, jerkily, no flow, they don't pass, they arrive, bang, bang, they bang into you, bounce off, fall and never move again, when you have nothing left to say you talk of time, seconds of time, there are some people add them together to make a life, I can't, each one is the first, no, the second, or the third, I'm three seconds old, oh not every day of the week.
L'Innommable Segment 2285, version 7 (Minuit 1971, p. 181)
C'est la fin qui est le pire, non, c'est le commencement qui est le pire, puis le milieu, puis la fin, à la fin c'est la fin qui est le pire, cette voix qui, c'est chaque instant qui est le pire, ça se passe dans le temps, les secondes passent, les unes après les autres, saccadées, ça ne coule pas, elles ne passent pas, elles arrivent, pan, paf, pan, paf, vous rentrent dedans, rebondissent, ne bougent plus, quand on ne sait plus quoi dire on parle du temps, des secondes, il y en a qui les ajoutent les unes aux autres pour en faire une vie, moi je ne peux pas, chacune est la première, non, la seconde, ou la troisième, j'ai trois secondes, et encore, pas tous les jours.