This selection includes the original poems in German with their translations and commentary.

Contents:
I live my life --
I have many brothers --
We don't dare --
I love the dark hours --
You darkness, that I come from --
I have faith --
I am too alone --
You see, I want a lot --
Because One Man --
My life is not --
I find you --
And then that girl --
I can hardly believe --
This is my labor --
All of you undisturbed cities --
How many thousands --
Just as the watchman --
In this town --
Sometimes a man stands up --
The king of the world --
Already the ripening barberries --
It's possible --
And the great cities --
And where is he --
THe Way In --
Childhood --
From Childhood --
Sense of Something Coming --
Loneliness --
Human Being at Night --
Sunset --
The Solitary Person --
Autumn --
Storm --
The Neighbor --
Pont du Carrousel --
The Ashantis --
Evening in Skane --
Moving Forward --
October Day --
The Man Watching --
Title Poem --
The Song the Beggar Sings --
THe Songs the Blind Man Sings --
The Song the Drunkard Sings --
The songs the Widow Sings --
The Songs the Idiot Sings --
The Songs the Orphan Sings --
The Songs the Leper Sings --
The Panther --
The Swan --
Roman Countryside --
Leda --
Archaic Torso of Apollo --
The Solitary Man --
Buddha In side the Night --
"We Must Die Because We Have Known Them" --
Mourning --
Left Out to Die --
Again, Again --
On Music --
Imaginary Biography --
Fox Fire --
Just as the Winged Energy of Delight --
A Walk --
Palm --
For Erika --
A tree rising --
It was girl, really --
A god can do it --
O you lovers that are so gentle --
Don't bother about a stone --
Is he from our world --
To praise is the whole thing --
Where praise already is --
Only the man who has raised his strings --
You stone coffins of the ancient world.

About the Author

One of the most widely read modern poets, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) first became known and respected with the publication of The Book of Hours, when he was in his twenties. He is now most famous for his Letters to a Young Poet, published during the same time, which continues to inspire generations of writers.

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