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Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a famous poem in German, for which I have yet to read what I would consider a satisfying English translation. The original is an extraordinary work of art. Its poetic diction is so ineffably German, the poem itself so sui generis, that any attempt at translation is bound to suffer. TheContinue reading “The Carousel”

Posted byRobert DavisOctober 27, 2020October 21, 2021Posted inGerman, Language, Poetry, Translation, Writing2 Comments on The Carousel
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