Rainer Maria Rilke - The First Elegy (part 1)

[lakisdiako1]

"Ascenseur pour L'Echafaud" (b&w film) music by Miles Davis (tp) with Barney Wilen on tenor sax. Rene Urtreger (piano), Pierre Michelot (ac.bass) & Kenny Clarke (drums). (Paris Dec.4,1957)

[PestoPoupee]

"For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror

which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,

because it serenely disdains to destroy us."

— Rainer Maria Rilke (Duino Elegies)

[howardbeasley]

im sorry for being dumb, but is this your translation?? because i love it, its much more potent than the one i have. anyway i love the video, we dont have no tunnels round here but it reminds me of cruising down desolate strips late at night.

[moolox]

Thanks, but all credits for the translation must go to Daimon publishers,Switzerland.

[sonnenberg]

The publisher's website says that David Oswald is the translator... I like it too! I'll have to find out if it's available in the US...

Nice work here with the video. A fine reimagining of this poem for our times.

[moolox]

Thanks, for commenting and for finding out about the translator