Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were behind you, like the winter that has just gone by. For among these winters there is one so endlessly winter that only by wintering through it will your heart survive.


The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (ed. Vintage, 2013) - ISBN: 9780307787545


Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were behind you, like the winter that has just gone by. For among these winters there is one so...

Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were behind you, like the winter that has just gone by. For among these winters there is one so...

Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were behind you, like the winter that has just gone by. For among these winters there is one so...

Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were behind you, like the winter that has just gone by. For among these winters there is one so...