Douce courbe le long du lierre
Language: French (Français)
Douce courbe le long du lierre,
chemin distrait qu'arrêtent des chèvres ;
belle lumière qu'un orfèvre
voudrait entourer d'une pierre.
Peuplier, à sa place juste,
qui oppose sa verticale
à la lente verdure robuste
qui s'étire et qui s'étale.
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Confirmed with The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Saint Paul: Greywolf Press, 1986, Page 106.
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Gentle curve along the ivy
Language: English after the French (Français)
Gentle curve along the ivy,
forgetful path blocked by goats;
beautiful light that a goldsmith
would wish to enclose in a stone.
Poplar, in its proper place,
opposing its verticality
to the slow, hardy greenery
that sprawls and spreads.
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