the covers in purple damask; [...]"
from the early work, Mir zur Feier
(Celebration of Myself)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
This week, an image of Dream
Mountain. Also: a new translation
from the German.
August: Dream Mountain . . .
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The evening is my book. He parades the covers in purple damask; [...]" from the early work, Mir zur Feier (Celebration of Myself) by Rainer Maria Rilke This week, an image of Dream Mountain. Also: a new translation from the German. |
| [Der Abend ist mein Buch] Der Abend ist mein Buch. Ihm prangen die Deckel purpurn in Damast; ich löse seine goldnen Spangen mit kühlen Händen, ohne Hast. Und lese seine erste Seite, beglückt durch den vertrauten Ton,— und lese leiser seine zweite, und seine dritte träum ich schon. Rainer Maria Rilke (1897) |
[The Evening is My Book] The evening is my book. It parades its covers in purple damask; I untie its golden clasp with cool hands, without haste. And read its first page, made happy by the familiar sound,— and read more quietly its second, and its third, a dream I've found. (tr. Cliff Crego)
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Listen to MP3's of Cliff Crego reading the poem in German original [800 K]
or in English translation [700 K ]
[to download: Windows: r click; Mac: opt + click]
| view / print
Picture/Poem
Poster: You don't habve to understand .... (86 K) | or
download
as PDF |
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Selected Sonnets
to Orpheus twenty-two poems in the order they have been featured
(text only) |
PDF
of Six Sonnets |
| see also
the Rilke
Posters |
| listen to other recordings in English and German of twelve poems from
The Book of Images at
The Rilke
Download Page (# Includes
instructions) |
See other recent additions of new English translations of
Rilke's poetry, together with
featured photographs at:
(9) June: Windflowers and the Poetry of Praise
(8) June: The Poetry of Images of Movement
See also a selection of recent Picture/Poem "Rilke in translation"
features at the Rilke Archive.
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See also another website by Cliff Crego: The Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke |
a presentation of 80 of the best poems of Rilke in both German and new English translations: biography, links, posters |
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See also: new |
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"Straight
roads, Slow rivers, Deep clay." |
A collection of contemporary Dutch poetry in English translation, with commentary and photographs by Cliff Crego |