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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

...Stellen dunklen umgegrabenen Landes....
Language: German (Deutsch) 
...Stellen dunklen umgegrabenen Landes. Sie sind leer, 
und doch liegen sie da, als wären die hellen Halme ringsum 
um ihretwillen da, Reihen von Gittern zu ihrem Schutz. 
Ich fragte, was es mit diesen dunklen Landstücken 
für eine Bewandtnis habe. Man sagte mir: cest de la terre en repos. 
so schön siehst du, kann ausruhn sein.

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Ruth Sieber-Rilke, Carl Sieber, Briefe aus den Jahren 1902 bis 1906, Band 7, Insel-Verlag, 1930; Note: A quote from a letter written in 1904 by Rainer Maria Rilke to his wife, the sculptor Clara Westhoff, while on holiday in Denmark.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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