Interior Portrait

Rainer Maria Rilke

You don't survive in me
because of memories;
nor are you mine because
of a lovely longing's strength.

What does make you present
is the ardent detour
that a slow tenderness
traces in my blood.

I do not need
to see you appear;
being born sufficed for me
to lose you a little less.

Next 10 Poems

• Rainer Maria Rilke : Lady At A Mirror
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Lady On A Balcony
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Lament ( O How All Things Are Far Removed )
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Lament ( Whom Will You Cry To, Heart? )
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Little Tear-vase
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Loneliness
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Love Song
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Moving Forward
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Music
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Narcissus

Previous 10 Poems

• Rainer Maria Rilke : In The Beginning
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Ignorant Before The Heavens Of My Life
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Herr, Es Ist Zeit
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Heartbeat
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Growing Old
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Greek Love-talk
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Going Blind
• Rainer Maria Rilke : Girl's Lament
• Rainer Maria Rilke : From The Tenth Elegy
• Rainer Maria Rilke : For Hans Carossa