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AN INTERROGATION OF THE "REAL" IN ALL ITS GUISES



Hamm: What's happening?
Clov: Something is taking its course.
Beckett




Sunday, 5 December 2010

Rilke



Leben und Tod: sie sind im Kerne Eins.
Wer sich begreift aus seinem eignen Stamme,
der preßt sich selber zu dem Tropfen Weins
und wirft sich selber in die reinste Flamme.

Life and death: they are one, at the core entwined.
Who understands himself from his own strain
presses himself into a drop of wine
and throws himself into the purest flame.

Christmas 1922, Mood trans.

1 comment:

  1. Rilke, yes! And... Great image! Know thyself on a translucent ground. Perfect

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