Love

Love Song

by Rainer Maria Rilke 1875–1926

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--

MLA

Rilke, Rainer Maria. “Love Song.” Translated by Jessie Lemont. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rilke/38/.

Chicago

Rilke, Rainer Maria. “Love Song.” Translated by Jessie Lemont. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rilke/38/.

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