The Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Cliff Crego

The Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke  
new translations by Cliff Crego
Rilke 1906

selections from
I   Das Buch der Bilder (1902)
   The Book of Images (1902)
II   Die Stimmen (1902)
   The Voices (1902)
III Das Stundenbuch (1899 - 1903)
 The Book of Hours (1899 - 1903)    
IV Neue Gedichte (1907 - 1908)
   New Poems (1907 - 1908)
V Uncollected Poems (1913 - 1923)

index of translations


INITALE

Aus unendlichen Sehnsüchten steigen
endliche Taten wie schwache Fontänen,
die sich zeitig und zitternd neigen.
Aber, die sich uns sonst verschweigen,
unsere fröhlichen kräfte—zeigen
sich in diesen tanzenden Tränen.

     Rainer Maria Rilke		 INITIAL

Out of infinite longings rise
finite deeds like weak fountains,
falling back just in time and trembling.
And yet, what otherwise remains silent,
our happy energies—show themselves
in these dancing tears.

     (tr. Cliff Crego)

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in German & English
Rilke's famous

Liebes-Lied/
Love Song

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THE VOICES—

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percussion orchestra
& spoken voice

based on the famous
poem sequence
of Rainer Maria Rilke
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Straight roads,
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Deep clay     

A collection of contemporary Dutch poetry
in English translation, with commentary
and photographs by Cliff Crego
| new Alternative translation of Rilke text: Kissing Jessica Stein Many have written me about this particular
passage from Rilke's wonderful Letters to a Young Poet; here's the German original, with a fresh translation |

| Rilke ListeningPages: Sonnets to Orpheus 14 II Cliff Crego reads in German and English [REQUIRES QuickTime] |

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| new same as above, but in RealAudio streaming format, without page Sonnets to Orpheus 14 II | 
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