
Command the last fruits to be full;
give them two
more sunny days,
urge them on to fulfillment and throw
the last sweetness
into the heavy wine.
Who has no house now, will never build one.
Whoever
is alone now, will long remain so,
Will watch, read, write long
letters
and will wander in the streets, here and there
restlessly, when
the leaves blow.
~ Rilke ~
(translated by Barbara Abbott and Larry Hauser)