Photographer Unknown, Be Ahead of All Parting
“Sei allem Abschied voran, als wäre er hinter
dir, wie der Winter, der eben geht.
Denn unter Wintern ist einer so endlos Winter,
daß, überwinternd, dein Herz überhaupt übersteht.
Be ahead of all parting, as though it already were
behind you, like the winter that has just gone by.
For among these winters there is one so endlessly winter
that only by wintering through it will your heart survive.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke, Be Ahead of All Parting, (The Sonnets to Orpheus: Book 2: Xiii), First Stanza
A short biography of Rainer Rilke is located at: https://ultrawolvesunderthefullmoon.blog/2020/09/10/the-shadow-and-the-light/
Image reblogged with many thanks to: https://doctordee.tumblr.com