To Say Before Going to Sleep by Rilke I would like to sing someone to sleep, to sit beside someone and be there. I would like to rock you and sing softly and go with you to and from sleep. I would like to be the one in the house who knew: The night was cold. And I would like to listen in and listen out into you, into the world, into the woods. The clocks shout to one another striking, and one sees to the bottom of time. And down below one last, strange man walks by and rouses a strange dog. And after that comes silence. I have laid my eyes upon you wide; and they hold you gently and let you go when something stirs in the dark. (from The Book of Images, translated by Edward Snow in 1991)
Ciao mi cara amica!
ReplyDeleteHave not heard of you for days,anyway hope all is well with you and your loved ones.
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Ps.that photo above reminds me beautiful Greece!
CIAO! I have been quite busy. Thanks for all your kind words.
ReplyDelete...This pic was actually taken in Brazil.
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