Minoo's review
Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke (Modern Library)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Minoo's review
Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke (Modern Library) by Rainer Maria Rilke
Minoo's review
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At one point, I must have had every Rilke book that was translated into English. He is simply amazing. I ended up bequeathing the collection to a friend, who also felt the same about him. This book has been a wonderful companion and is always close at hand. I love the translations and the inter-paginated German and English. It has all of his major works, including Sonnets to Orpheus and The Duino Elegies. It also has plenty of poems, prose, and tons of great end-notes from his personal letters. If you want to get into the heart of Rilke, this book will get you beating to the rhythm.
I live my life in widening rings
which spread over earth and sky.
I may not ever complete the last one,
but that is what I will try.
I circle around God, the primordial tower,
and I circle ten thousand years long;
and I still don't know if I'm a falcon, a storm,
or an unfinished song.
I live my life in widening rings
which spread over earth and sky.
I may not ever complete the last one,
but that is what I will try.
I circle around God, the primordial tower,
and I circle ten thousand years long;
and I still don't know if I'm a falcon, a storm,
or an unfinished song.
