As once the winged energy of
delight
carried you over childhood's dark abysses,
now beyond your own life build the great
arch of unimagined bridges.
carried you over childhood's dark abysses,
now beyond your own life build the great
arch of unimagined bridges.
Wonders happen if we can
succeed
in passing through the harshest danger;
but only in a bright and purely granted
achievement can we realize the wonder.
in passing through the harshest danger;
but only in a bright and purely granted
achievement can we realize the wonder.
To work with Things in the
indescribable
relationship is not too hard for us;
the pattern grows more intricate and subtle,
and being swept along is not enough.
relationship is not too hard for us;
the pattern grows more intricate and subtle,
and being swept along is not enough.
Take your practiced powers
and stretch them out
until they span the chasm between two
contradictions ... For the god
wants to know himself in you.
until they span the chasm between two
contradictions ... For the god
wants to know himself in you.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
~
(Ahead of All Parting, ed.
and translated by Steven Mitchell)
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