Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
Rilke influenced generations of writers with his Letters to a Young Poet. His Book of Hours offers an invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world. These fresh translations by a distinguished poet and a well-known mystic and spiritual teacher capture Rilke's spirit in a...
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Rilke influenced generations of writers with his Letters to a Young Poet. His Book of Hours offers an invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world. These fresh translations by a distinguished poet and a well-known mystic and spiritual teacher capture Rilke's spirit in a uniquely new way. 176 pp. 12,500 print.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781594481567 (1594481563)
Publish date: November 1st 2005
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Pages no: 257
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Literature,
European Literature,
20th Century,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Faith,
Poetry,
Spirituality,
Theology,
German Literature
(original review, 2009)Da neigt sich die Stunde und rührt mich anmit klarem, metallenem Schlag:mir zittern die Sinne. Ich fühle: ich kann -und ich fasse den plastischen Tag.Nichts war noch vollendet, eh ich es erschaut,ein jedes Werden stand still.Meine Blicke sind reif, und wie eine Brautkommt jede...
A lot of this is pretty dorky, but there are several lines that I love more than I love most things.
Du, Nachbar Gott, wenn ich dich manchesmalYou, God, who live next door–If at times, through the long night, I trouble youwith my urgent knocking–this is why: I hear you breathe so seldom.I know you’re all alone in that room.If you should be thirsty, there’s no oneto get you a glass of water.I wait l...
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