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Finale / Schlußstück
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Finale / Schlußstück

A poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Ashmore

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Schlussstück

Der Tod ist groß.  
Wir sind die Seinen  
lachenden Munds.  
Wenn wir uns mitten im Leben meinen,  
wagt er zu weinen  
mitten in uns.

- Rainer Maria Rilke, ~1900

Finale

Death is vast.
We are his
our mouths laughing.
When we believe ourselves
in the midst of life
he dares to weep,
within us.

- Translation by Aurelian Ashmore

Original photo by Fabian Irsasa (Mountains). Original photo by unknown (Rilke). Manipulated by Ashmore under the Unsplash license.


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