Love
Love Song
Translated by Jessie Lemont (1918) · From New Poems
Love
When my soul touches yours a great chord sings!
How shall I tune it then to other things?
O! That some spot in darkness could be found
That does not vibrate whene'er your depths sound.
But everything that touches you and me
Welds us as played strings sound one melody.
Where is the instrument whence the sounds flow?
And whose the master-hand that holds the bow?
O! Sweet song--
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MLA
Rilke, Rainer Maria. “Love Song.” Translated by Jessie Lemont. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rilke/38/.
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Rilke, Rainer Maria. “Love Song.” Translated by Jessie Lemont. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rilke/38/.
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