Thursday, January 9, 2014

#rilke, #poetry, POEM for all - Rainer Maria Rilke from Book for the Hours of Prayer





I live my life in growing orbits 
which move out over the things of the world. 
Perhaps I can never achieve the last, 
but that will be my attempt. 

I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, 
and I have been circling for a thousand years.
And I still don't know if I am a falcon, 
Or a storm, or a great song. 

- Rainer Maria Rilke / 1899
from Book for the Hours of Prayer
Translated by Robert Bly

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