Suddenly she steps, wrapped into the wind,
brightly into brightness, as if singled out,
while now the room as though cut to fit
behind her fills the door
darkly like the ground of cameo,
that lets a glimmer through at the edges;
and you think the evening wasn't there
before she stepped out, and on the railing
set forth just a little of herself,
just her hands, --to be completely light:
as if passed on by the rows of houses
to the heavens, to be swayed by everything.
Translated by Edward Snow
Lady On A Balcony
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Poem topics: light, snow, wind, evening, room, door, suddenly, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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