Der Panter

Oct 14, 2005 18:53

A poem by Rainer Maria Rilke. I think I posted this here before, but I cannot find it. In 1967, my father's colleague Hazard Adams was working on an anthology of literature in translation. He was after a translation of this poem but couldn't find a decent English version. My dad said "Let me take a look", and took the poem home for the evening. The ( Read more... )

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tuliphead October 15 2005, 07:42:34 UTC
i'm no big fan of poetry, but i really liked that. thanks for sharing it.

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initial October 16 2005, 23:27:23 UTC
I am a big fan of poetry. Thanks for posting that. It's totally different then the version I'm used to. It has nice resonance.

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steph99 October 9 2008, 21:21:21 UTC
I'm not generally literate, but I might give it the ol' college try for bits like this. Big up your pops.

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