Opinion of Rainer Maria Rilke

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One of the greatest poets ever. There is really no way you can consider Rilke an HP.

Very true.  He wrote some beautiful poems... and unlike most people who find German to be harsh and cold.... it is a beautiful language for poetry because there is leeway to change sentence structure around so the poem flows nicely without giving up the meaning.

It's also why German hip-hop is so much better than French... (my opinion, of course)

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I like this one:

Du entfernst dich von mir, du Stunde.
Wunden schlägt mir dein Flügelschlag.
Allein: was soll ich mit meinem Munde?
mit meiner Nacht? mit meinem Tag?

Ich habe keine Geliebte, kein Haus,
keine Stelle auf der ich lebe
Alle Dinge, an die ich mich gebe,
werden reich und geben mich aus.

Basically translated:

You distance yourself from me, o time
I am wounded by every beat of your wings
Alone:  What shall I do with my moons?
with my nights?  With my days?

I have no beloved, no house
no real place to call home
Everything I give myself to
becomes rich as I am spent.

German muttersprachers should provide corrections... obviously translated poetry is an art, not a science.