The Lovers — Rainer Maria Rilke

22 June 20211 MIN READ

Rainer Maria Rilke Albanian version by Eda Zari The Lovers See how they grow into one another: in their veins everything becomes spirit. Their forms tremble like axes around which heat and rapture wheel. Thirsting — and they are given drink. Awake, and see:

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Rainer Maria Rilke Albanian version by Eda Zari

The Lovers

See how they grow into one another: in their veins everything becomes spirit. Their forms tremble like axes around which heat and rapture wheel.

Thirsting — and they are given drink. Awake, and see: they are given sight. Let them sink into one another so that each may outlast the other.

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Image source unknown.

EDA ZARI

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