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Herbert Nehrlich - Rilke Spaziergang (The Walk)

2014-11-08 42 Dailymotion

Schon ist mein Blick am Hügel, dem besonnten, <br />dem Wege, den ich kaum begann, voran. <br />So faßt uns das, was wir nicht fassen konnten, <br />voller Erscheinung, aus der Ferne an — <br /> <br />und wandelt uns, auch wenn wirs nicht erreichen, <br />in jenes, das wir, kaum es ahnend, sind; <br />ein Zeichen weht, erwidernd unserm Zeichen... <br />Wir aber spüren nur den Gegenwind. <br /> <br />Quickly my eyes have reached the sunny hill, <br />my path will lead me to it, all in time. <br />What we could not interpret yet with inner skill <br />it touches us, its apparition as we climb. <br /> <br />Success may yet elude us, yet it changes <br />into a being that we barely sense we are, <br />a signal waves and echoes from the ranges <br />but sadly, we can only feel it from afar. <br /> <br />My translation - 29-07-08<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rilke-spaziergang-the-walk/

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