"Essential for all poetry collections. . . . Translator Joseph Cadora renders a beautiful new edition complete with commentary on each poem, based on Rilkes letters, numerous biographies, and related works as well as an introduction outlining his approach to the translation." #151Library Journal, starred review"[The] renderings of the canonical poems, such as "The Panther," "Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes," and "Archaic Torso of Apollo" (to name a few), are worthwhile additions to the enormous body of Rilkes work already translated by others." #151BooklistRanier Maria Rilke is one of the worlds bestselling poets, and Rilke New Poems contains many of his most iconic pieces. Translator Joseph Cadora has created the definitive Englishlanguage version through meticulous faithfulness to Rilkes German and insightful commentary on each of the 400plus poems. Bilingual, with an introduction by Robert Hass.The PantherFrom endless passing of the bars his gazehas wearied#151there is no more it can hold.There seem to be a thousand bars always,and past those thousand bars there is no world.The soft pad of his brawny, rippling paceturns itself in a tightening circle till,like a mighty dance around a tiny space,it centers a numb but still enormous will.But at times the shades of his pupils rise,grasping an image he cannot resistthrough his tense, unmoving limbs it flies,and within his heart it ceases to exist.Rainer Maria Rilke (1875#1501926) is one of the worlds most beloved poets.Joseph...

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