Re: [Mind] from Hamlet to Ophelia
※ 引述《kurage306 (凜)》之銘言：
::anyone wanna share their loved quotes:)
...song is existence. Easy for the god. But
when do we exist? And when does he spend
the earth and the stars on our being?
When we love? That's what you think when
you're young;
not so, though your voice forces open your mouth, -
learn to forget how you sang. That fades.
Real singing is a different kind of breath.
A nothing-breath. A ripple in the god. A wind.
- From the Sonnets to Orpheus
by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by David Young
I came across this passage a few years ago in Margaret Atwood's
Negotiating with the Dead, a book about the process of writing. I consider
it one of the most beautiful and unforgettable pieces I've ever come
across...
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