My whole life is mine, but whoever says so
will deprive me, for it is infinite.
The ripple of water, the shade of the sky
are mine; it is still the same, my life.
No desire opens me: I am full,
I never close myself with refusal-
in the rythm of my daily soul
I do not desire-I am moved;
by being moved I exert my empire,
making the dreams of night real:
into my body at the bottom of the water
I attract the beyonds of mirrors...
Translated by A. Poulin
Water Lily
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Poem topics: never, night, sky, soul, real, shade, infinite, body, daily, life, water, desire, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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