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“The Angels” by Rainer Maria Rilke 🇦🇹 (4 Dec 1875 – 29 Dec 1926)
Translated from the German by Jessie Lemont
They all have tired mouths
And luminous illimitable souls;
And a longing (as if for sin)
Trembles at times through their dreams.
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They all resemble one another
In God’s garden they are silent
Like many many intervals
In His mighty melody.
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But when they spread their wings
They awaken the winds
That stir as though God
With His far-reaching master hands
Turned the pages of the dark book of Beginning.