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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

So wie dem Meister manchmal das eilig
Language: German (Deutsch) 
So wie dem Meister manchmal das eilig
nähere Blatt den wirklichen Strich
abnimmt: so nehmen oft Spiegel das heilig
einzige Lächeln der Mädchen in sich,

wenn sie den Morgen erproben, allein, —
oder im Glanze der dienenden Lichter.
Und in das Atmen der echten Gesichter,
später, fällt nur ein Widerschein.

Was haben Augen einst ins umrußte
lange Verglühn der Kamine geschaut:
Blicke des Lebens, für immer verlorne.

Ach, der Erde, wer kennt die Verluste?
Nur, wer mit dennoch preisendem Laut
sänge das Herz, das ins Ganze geborne.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 87

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