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" In this vast night, be the magic power
at your senses’ intersection,
the meaning of their strange encounter.

And if the earthly has forgotten
you, say to the still earth: I flow.
To the rushing water speak: I am.

from “Sonnet 29 "

Rainer Maria Rilke , Sonnets to Orpheus


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Rainer Maria Rilke quote : In this vast night, be the magic power<br />at your senses’ intersection,<br />the meaning of their strange encounter.<br /><br />And if the earthly has forgotten<br />you, say to the still earth: I flow.<br />To the rushing water speak: I am.<br /><br />from “Sonnet 29