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“Silent Hour” by Rainer Maria Rilke 🇦🇹 (4 Dec 1875 – 29 Dec 1926)
Translated from the German by Jessie Lemont
Whoever now weeps somewhere in the world,
weeps without reason in the world,
weeps over me.
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Whoever now laughs somewhere in the night,
laughs without reason in the night,
laughs at me.
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Whoever now wanders somewhere in the world,
wanders without reason out in the world,
wanders toward me.
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Whoever now dies somewhere in the world,
dies without reason in the world,
looks at me.