Poem by
Rainer Maria Rilke

 

I live my life

I live my life in growing circles
Moving out over the things of the world,
Perhaps I will not fulfill the last
But I will surely try.

I circle round God, round the primeval tower
And I circle a thousand years' long,
And I do not know,
Am I a storm?
Am I a falcon?
Or am I a glorious song?

 

Translation; Liz Smith with a touch of Robert Bly

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