Extinguish Thou my eyes:I still can see Thee, <br />deprive my ears of sound:I still can hear Thee, <br />and without feet I still can come to Thee, <br />and without voice I still can call to Thee. <br /> <br />Sever my arms from me, I still will hold Thee <br />with all my heart as with a single hand, <br />arrest my heart, my brain will keep on beating, <br />and Should Thy fire at last my brain consume, <br />the flowing of my blood will carry Thee. <br /> <br /> <br />Translated by Albert Ernest Flemming<br /><br />Rainer Maria Rilke<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/extinguish-thou-my-eyes/
