Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke

Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2014-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

Sieh her,

dieser Kranz ist so schwer.

Und sie werden ihn auf dich legen,

diesen schweren Kranz.

Kanns dein Sarg aushalten?

Wenn er bricht

unter dem schwarzen Gewicht,

kriecht in die Falten

von deinem Kleid

Efeu.

Weit rankt er hinauf,

rings rankt er dich um,

und der Saft, der sich in seinen Ranken bewegt,

always a trifle melancholy already,

very soft hair and a small room

that was wide for you since your sister’s death.

As though everything else were but your dress,

so it seems to me now, you quiet playmate.

But very much

You were. And we knew it sometimes,

when at evening you came into the room;

knew sometimes: now one should pray;

a multitude has entered,

a multitude that follows you

because you know the way.

And you had to know it

and did know it

yesterday …

youngest of the sisters.

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