"You, darkness..."
by Rainer Maria Rilke (tr. Anita Barrows & Joanna Macy)
You, darkness, of whom I am born --
I love you more than the flame
that limits the world
to the circle it illumines
and excludes all the rest.
But the dark embraces everything:
shapes and shadows, creatures and me,
people, nations -- just as they are.
It lets me imagine
a great presence stirring beside me.
I believe in the night.
by Rainer Maria Rilke (tr. Anita Barrows & Joanna Macy)
You, darkness, of whom I am born --
I love you more than the flame
that limits the world
to the circle it illumines
and excludes all the rest.
But the dark embraces everything:
shapes and shadows, creatures and me,
people, nations -- just as they are.
It lets me imagine
a great presence stirring beside me.
I believe in the night.
1 comment:
Burns within the soul...Resonating.Lovely.
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