Selected Poems of Rilke, Bilingual Edition / Edition 1

by Rainer M. Rilke, C. F. MacIntyre

Overview

These poems, selected from Das Buch der Bilder and the two parts of Neue Gedichte, show Rilke's deep concern with sculpture and painting. Written in his less mystical period (1900-1908), the poems exhibit Rilke's particular artistic and poetic power.

Rainer Maria Rilke was one of Germany's most important poets. His influences include the paintings of the Worpswedders and the French Impressionists, the sculpture of Rodin (to whom he was both friend and secretary), and the poetry of Baudelaire, Verlaine, Mallarmé, and other symbolists. His poetry is innovative, enigmatic, and entertainingly idiosyncratic. C.F. MacIntyre's translations are both true to the original and poetic in their own right, and in each book he includes an introduction and notes. German text faces the English translation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520229259
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	05/22/2001
Edition description:	First Edition, Bilingual Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.25(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

C.F. MacIntyre (d.1967) was well known as a translator. In addition to works by Rilke, he translated Goethe's Faust and many of the French symbolists: Nerval, Baudelaire,Verlaine, Corbière, Mallarmé, Rimbaud, Laforgue, and Valéry. His volumes of original poems include The Black Bull, Cafés and Cathedrals, and Poems.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
	from Das Buch der Bilder
	Eingang	20
	Initiation	21
	Ritter	22
	The Knight	23
	Der Wahnsinn	24
	Madness	25
	Die Engel	26
	The Angels	27
	Aus einer Kindheit	28
	From a Childhood	29
	Der Nachbar	30
	The Neighbor	31
	Der Einsame	32
	The Solitary	33
	Klage	34
	Lament	35
	Einsamkeit	36
	Solitude	37
	Herbsttag	38
	Autumn Day	39
	Erinnerung	40
	Memory	41
	Ende des Herbstes	42
	End of Autumn	43
	Herbst	44
	Autumn	45
	Abend	46
	Evening	47
	Ernste Stunde	48
	Solemn Hour	49
	Strophen	50
	Strophes	51
	Das Lied der Waise	52
	The Song of the Waif	53
	Aus einer Sturmnacht [VI und VIII]	54
	From a Stormy Night [VI and VIII]	55
	from Neue Gedichte: Erster Teil
	Fruher Apollo	58
	Early Apollo	59
	Opfer	60
	Oblation	61
	Buddha	62
	The Buddha	63
	Der Panther	64
	The Panther	65
	Die Gazelle	66
	The Gazelle	67
	Romische Sarkophage	68
	Roman Sarcophagi	69
	Der Schwan	70
	The Swan	71
	Ein Frauenschicksal	72
	A Woman's Fate	73
	Blaue Hortensie	74
	Blue Hydrangeas	75
	Vor dem Sommerregen	76
	Before the Summer Rain	77
	Letzter Abend	78
	The Last Evening	79
	Die Kurtisane	80
	The Courtesan	81
	Die Treppe der Orangerie	82
	The Steps of the Orangery	83
	Das Karussell	84
	The Merry-Go-Round	85
	Spanische Tanzerin	88
	Spanish Dancer	89
	from Neue Gedichte: Anderer Teil
	Archaisher Torso Apollos	92
	Torso of an Archaic Apollo	93
	Leda	94
	Leda	95
	Der Alchimist	96
	The Alchemist	97
	Die Irren	98
	The Insane	99
	Eine von den Alten	100
	One of the Old Ones	101
	Eine Welke	102
	Faded	103
	Romische Campagna	104
	Roman Campagna	105
	Die Parke [I und VII]	106
	The Parks [I and VII]	107
	Die Laute	110
	The Lute	111
	Don Juans Kindheit	112
	Don Juan's Childhood	113
	Dame auf einem Balkon	114
	Lady on a Balcony	115
	Ubung am Klavier	116
	Piano Practice	117
	Die Flamingos	118
	The Flamingos	119
	Der Einsame	120
	The Solitary	121
	Das Kind	122
	The Child	123
	Der Kaferstein	124
	The Scarab	125
	Buddha in der Glorie	126
	The Buddha in the Glory	127
	Notes	129