A seminal translation of these was made in the APR by Poulin in 1975. Claiming of "the hero" that he "strangely resembles those who die young," the sixth of these nevertheless notes "Thousands fermented in [his mother's] womb, wanting to be him." The fourth begins by asking the "trees of life, when is [their] winter?" The fifth is "dedicated to Frau Hertha von Koenig," while this work as a whole is "property of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis-Hohenlohe," who is also dedicatee of The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. They are named for the S
A seminal translation of these was made in the APR by Poulin in 1975. Claiming of "the hero" that he "strangely resembles those who die young," the sixth of these nevertheless notes "Thousands fermented in [his mother's] womb, wanting to be him." The fourth begins by asking the "trees of life, when is [their] winter?" The fifth is "dedicated to Frau Hertha von Koenig," while this work as a whole is "property of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis-Hohenlohe," who is also dedicatee of The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. They are named for the Swiss town in a tower in which they were composed and the poet calls The Sonnets to Orpheus their "natural overflow." FTP, name this volume of ten poems by Rainer Maria Rilke.
A seminal translation of these was made in the APR by Poulin in 1975.
Duino Eligies or Duineser Elegien