Against whom, rose,
have you assumed
these thorns?
Is it your too fragile joy
that forced you
to become this armed thing?
But from whom does it protect you,
this exaggerated defence?
How many enemies have I
lifted from you
who did not fear it at all?
On the contrary, from summer to autumn
you wound the affection
that is given you.
poem by Rilke,
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