tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474741436923148747.post4881630505705471198..comments2023-07-01T08:14:46.809-04:00Comments on Poetic Fuck: I am too alone in the worldAlexandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11221339372355176368noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474741436923148747.post-80397602622333156212012-10-19T14:17:07.158-04:002012-10-19T14:17:07.158-04:00Always happy to find other Rilke lovers. I love th...Always happy to find other Rilke lovers. I love this poem so much. Rilke words have been such beloved companions. All the best!Marjoryhttp://marjorymejia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474741436923148747.post-15635935658471487782008-12-12T22:44:00.000-05:002008-12-12T22:44:00.000-05:00Love this.Love that you posted it.Sending the Robe...Love this.<BR/>Love that you posted it.<BR/><BR/>Sending the Robert Bly translation. Almost the same, but worth mentioning. Differences in CAPS.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I AM TOO ALONE IN THE WORLD<BR/><BR/>I am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enough<BR/>to make every MINUTE holy.<BR/>I am too TINY in THIS world, and not tiny enough<BR/>just to LIE before you like a thing,<BR/>SHREWED and SECRETIVE.<BR/>I want my OWN will, and I want SIMPLY to be with my will,<BR/>as it GOES TOWARD ACTION;<BR/>and in those quiet, SOMETIMES HARDLY MOVING TIMES,<BR/>when something is COMING NEAR,<BR/>I want to be with those who KNOW SECRET THINGS<BR/>or else alone.<BR/>I want WANT to be a mirror FOR your whole BODY,<BR/>and I never WANT to be blind, or TO BE too old<BR/>to hold UP your heavy AND swaying PICTURE.<BR/>I want to unfold.<BR/>I DON'T WANT TO STAY FOLDED ANYWERE,<BR/>because where I am folded, there I am A lie.<BR/>And I want my GRASP OF THINGS TO BE <BR/>true BEFORE you. I want to describe myself<BR/>like a painting that I LOOKED AT <BR/>closely for a long time,<BR/>like a SAYING THAT I finally understood,<BR/>like the pitcher I use every day,<BR/>like the face of my mother,<BR/>like a ship<BR/>that carried me<BR/>through the WILDEST storm of all.Katherine Dieterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960189913374226764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3474741436923148747.post-44674399134312733282008-06-06T09:36:00.000-04:002008-06-06T09:36:00.000-04:00Oh good god. This could not have come at a better ...Oh good god. This could not have come at a better time. I seriously love you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com