You who never arrived
in my arms, Beloved, who were lost
from the start,
I don't even know what songs
would please you. I have given up trying
to recognize you in the surging wave of the next
moment.


You Who Never Arrived (1913), translated by Stephen Mitchell

Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

You who never arrived in my arms, Beloved, who were lost from the start, I don't even know what songs would please you. I have given up trying to...

You who never arrived in my arms, Beloved, who were lost from the start, I don't even know what songs would please you. I have given up trying to...

You who never arrived in my arms, Beloved, who were lost from the start, I don't even know what songs would please you. I have given up trying to...

You who never arrived in my arms, Beloved, who were lost from the start, I don't even know what songs would please you. I have given up trying to...