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Uraltes Wehn vom Meer, Meerwind bei Nacht: du kommst zu keinem her; wenn einer wacht, so muß er sehn, wie er dich übersteht: uraltes Wehn vom Meer, welches weht nur wie für Ur-Gestein, lauter Raum reißend von weit herein . . . O wie fühlt dich ein treibender Feigenbaum oben im Mondschein.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Gedichte, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1997, pages 546-547.
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Ancient wafting from the sea, sea-wind at night: you come to no one; when someone keeps watch, he must see to it that he survives you: ancient wafting from the sea, which blows only as if for ancient rocks, tearing hence pure expanses from afar. . . O how a budding fig tree feels you above in the moonlight.
Subtitle: "Capri. Piccola Marina"
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