Song Of The Sea

Portrait of Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875–1926

(Capri, Piccola Marina)

Timeless sea breezes, sea-wind of the night: you come for no one; if someone should wake, he must be prepared how to survive you.

Timeless sea breezes, that for aeons have blown ancient rocks, you are purest space coming from afar...

Oh, how a fruit-bearing fig tree feels your coming high up in the moonlight.

Keep reading

Discover more of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry.

Explore all poems

Readers

Reader discussion

Your turn

Shown with your comment.

Never published. Only so we can reach you.

Comments are read before they appear. See our terms.