Duino Elegies and the Sonnets of Orpheus (German Edition) Review

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Duino Elegies and the Sonnets of Orpheus (German Edition) ReviewFrom reading the previous review, I will make the assumption that the reviewer could read Rilke in German. This is not the case for me. It is strictly in the English that I enjoy him, and his "Duino Elegies" and "Sonnets to Orpheus" are both testaments to his poetic power.
I cannot comment on the fidelity of this translation, only that the poetry we get is breathtaking. Rilke is best at those phrases which make one stop and contemplate. Some lines from the book that struck me with their beauty, poetically and philosophically:
"Beauty's nothing but the start of terror we can hardly bear"
"Weren't you always
distracted by hope, as if all this promised
you a lover?"
"Isn't it time our loving freed
us from the one we love and we, trembling, endured."
"For there was one hour for each of you, maybe
less than an hour, some span between two whiles
that can hardly be measured, when you possessed Being.
All. Your veins swelled with existence.
But we forget so easily what our laughing neighbor
neither confirms nor envies. We want to make it
visible, even though the most visible joy reveals
itself to us only when we've transformed, within."
Again, I'm no German expert, and I've read other good translations of Rilke. Most will give you all of the "Duino Elegies" but only sections of "The Sonnets to Orpheus." This edition, being only these two sets of poems, lack other great poems by Rilke. That being said, the more good translations the better, and unless the translation is a travesty, poetically speaking (which it is not), then there is never a situation where Rilke should have 1 star.Duino Elegies and the Sonnets of Orpheus (German Edition) Overview

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