December 4th, 1875- December 29th, 1926

Translated by Joanna Macy

From Rilke's Book of Hours I, 59

God speaks to each of us as he makes us,

then walks with us silently out of the night.

These are the words we dimly hear:

You, sent out beyond your recall,

go to the limits of your longing.

Embody me.

Flare up like a flame

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