SMALL FROZEN TARN, late summer, Urnerland, the Alps

SMALL FROZEN TARN, late summer, Urnerland, the Alps [ click photo for next . . . ]
On the road in the European Alps.

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[ I live my life in growing circles ]—an
early poem from the German
by Rainer Maria Rilke

I live my life in growing circles
which ring out over the things around me.
Perhaps I'll never finish the last,
but that's what I'm going to try.

I'm circling around God, around the ancient tower,
and I've been circling for thousands of years;
and I still don't know: am I a falcon, a storm
or a great song.

Rainer Maria Rilke (tr. Cliff Crego)

[ Ich lebe mein leben im wachsenden Ringen ]

Ich lebe mein leben im wachsenden Ringen,
die sich über die Dingen ziehen.
Ich werde den letzen vielleicht nicht volbringen,
aber versuchen will ich ihn.

Ich kreise um Gott, um den uralten Turm,
und ich kreise jahrtausendelang;
und ich weiß nocht nicht: bin ich ein Falke, ein Sturm
oder ein großer Gesang.

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