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Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

Rainer Maria Rilke

Paperback | Pages: 166 pages

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Original Title:	Das Stunden-Buch
ISBN:	1573225851 (ISBN13: 9781573225854)
Edition Language:	English

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At the beginning of the 20th century, a young German poet returned from a journey to Russia, where he had immersed himself in the spirituality he discovered there. He "received" a series of poems about which he did not speak for a long time - he considered them sacred, and different from anything else he ever had done and ever would do again. This poet saw the coming darkness of the century, and saw the struggle we would have in our relationship to the divine. The poet was Rainer Maria Rilke, and these love poems to God make up his Book of Hours.

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Title	:	Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
Author	:	Rainer Maria Rilke
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 166 pages
Published	:	April 1st 1997 by Riverhead Books (first published 1899)
Categories	:	Poetry. Spirituality. Religion. Classics. European Literature. German Literature

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This is a wonderful researcher's volume of the Book of Hours. For them, I give this volume five stars. Lots of front matter before the poems explain who Rilke was, the times he was living in, etc. However, as a volume of poetry, it doesn't work that well. For that, I'd give it three stars. I have this on my Kindle, so that may influence the way it reads, but, at least on Kindle, don't buy this version if you just want to get the overall flavor of the Book of Hours. Each English version of the

I read the forty pages of preface material and a bunch of the poems, and I was so hooked, I bought my own copy (a different version, which includes the German text as well), which I am using to really study the poems. The prefaces by each translator are marvelous. And the introduction that places the poems in the context of Rilke's life was concise and insightful. The translation notes were fascinating. Part of why I love this translation of the poems is that they are done by women, and women

I put this on my Christmas wish list, and then promptly ordered it for myself Christmas afternoon when I did not find it under the tree! :D Over the last month, I have been savoring this incredible book.In "Book of Hours: Love Poems to God," Rilke explores our relationship to the divine in exquisite, must-read poetry. As I read, many of the poems resonated with me on a cellular level. Some feel sacred as scripture. This book is such a treasure.The translators have been thorough and really

How surely gravitys law,strong as an ocean current,takes hold of even the strongest thingand pulls it toward the heart of the world.Each thing-each stone, blossom, child is held in place.Only we, in our arrogance,push out beyond what we belong tofor some empty freedom.If we surrenderedto earths intelligencewe could rise up rooted, like trees.Instead we entangle ourselvesin knots of our own makingand struggle, lonely and confused.So, like children, we begin againto learn from the things,because

Read this book several years ago and decided that I had to own it, mainly for this poem:I live my life in widening circlesthat reach out across the world.I may not complete this last onebut I give myself to it.I circle around God, around the primordial tower.I've been circling for thousands of yearsand I still don't know: am I a falcon, a storm,or a great song?

First read 2006There is very little pre-modern poetry that I am able to read myself, (though I can often appreciate it being recited) and I am not sure whether it's Rilke's genius or Babette Deutsch's musical, mainly free verse translation that makes these poems so beautiful, so perfectly clear and direct, like a mountain spring rolling over your toes, like a smooth cool pebble dropped into your hand.As an atheist I have to interrogate myself and work hard for a meaningful interpretation when I

It is, honestly, daunting approaching a book as timeless, and personal, and profound as "Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God". Written without the initial intention for publication, inspired by Rilke's experience of Italian Renaissance religious art in Tuscany, and his intimate relationship with Lou Andreas-Salome (she had called Rilke "the first true reality" in her life), there is a meditative melancholy to Rilke's verses that make them almost gritty, in a way, alternately praising his