I LIVE MY LIFE IN GROWING ORBITS
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I LIVE MY LIFE IN GROWING ORBITS
I live my life in growing orbits
which move out over the things of the world.
Perhaps I can never achieve the last,
but that will be my attempt.
I am circling around God, around the ancient tower,
and I have been circling for a thousand years,
and I still don't know if I am a falcon, or a storm,
or a great song.
RAINER MARIA RILKE
Translated from the German by Robert Bly
I live my life in growing orbits
which move out over the things of the world.
Perhaps I can never achieve the last,
but that will be my attempt.
I am circling around God, around the ancient tower,
and I have been circling for a thousand years,
and I still don't know if I am a falcon, or a storm,
or a great song.
RAINER MARIA RILKE
Translated from the German by Robert Bly