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from THE VOICES—a cycle of poems
from the German, by Rainer Maria Rilke
TITLE PAGEIt's easy for the rich and fortunate to be silent,
nobody wants to know who they are.
That is why the destitute must show themselves,
must say: I am blind,
or: that is what I'm about to become,
or: it's not going very well with me here on Earth,
or: I have a sick child,
or: this is where I'm kind of all stuck together . . .And perhaps even that is not enough.
Despite everything, as if they were things,
people walk right by, and so they must sing.And one hears good music there.
Truly, people are strange; They'd
rather hear castrati in boys' choirs.But God himself comes and remains a long time
when these disfigured ones begin to disturb him.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1902) (tr. Cliff Crego)
TITELBLATTDie Reichen und Glücklichen haben gut schweigen,
niemand will wissen, was sie sind.
Aber die Dürftigen müßen sich zeigen,
müßen sagen: ich bin blind,
oder: ich bin im Begriff es zu werden
oder: es geht mir nicht gut auf Erden,
oder: ich habe ein krankes Kind,
oder: da bin ich zusammengefügt . . .Und vielleicht, daß das gar nicht genügt.
Und weil alle sonst, wie an Dingen,
an ihen vorbeigehen, müßen sie singen.Und da hört man noch guten Gesang.
Freilich die Menchen sind seltsam; sie hören
lieber Kastraten in Knabenchören.Aber Gott selber kommt und bleibt lang,
wenn ihn diese Beschnittenen stören.
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