by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Cela ne te donne‑t‑il pas le vertige
Language: French (Français)
Cela ne te donne-t-il pas le vertige de tourner autour de toi sur ta tige pour te terminer, rose ronde ? Mais quand ton propre élan t'inonde, tu t'ignores dans ton bouton. C'est un monde qui tourne en rond pour que son calme centre ose le rond repos de la ronde rose.
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- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 3. Les Roses, no. 21, first published 1927 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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