You who never arrived
in my arms, Beloved, who were lost
from the start,
I don’t even know what songs
would please you. I have given up trying
to recognize you in the surging wave of the next
moment.

Rainer Maria Rilke, You Who Never Arrived, Translated by Stephen Mitchell, 1913-1914
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8 months ago on June 15, 2011 at 11:22pm
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