the winged energy of disquiet and delight i, ii and iii
- sharonkingston
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min read
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and a corresponding poem
As once the winged energy of delight
by Rainer Maria Rilke
English version by Stephen Mitchell
As once the winged energy of delight
carried you over childhood’s dark abysses,
now beyond your own life build the great
arch of unimagined bridges.
Wonders happen if we can succeed
in passing through the harshest danger;
but only in a bright and purely granted
achievement can we realize the wonder.
To work with Things in the indescribable
relationship is not too hard for us;
the pattern grows more intricate and subtle,
and being swept along is not enough.
Take your practiced powers and stretch them out until they span the chasm between two contradictions… For the god wants to know himself in you.
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