Duino Elegies » (Bilingual)

C.F. Mac
Intyre (d.1967) was well known as a translator.
In addition to works by Rilke, he translated Goethe's Faust and many of the French symbolists: Nerval, Baudelaire,Verlaine, Corbière, Mallarmé, Rimbaud, Laforgue, and Valéry. His volumes of original poems include The Black Bull, Cafés and Cathedrals, and Poems.

A new translation of the great Rilke cycle of poems.

The New Republic - Brian Phillips

For a decade and a half...snow has gradually been building a reputation as Rilke's best contemporary translator in English. His version of the Elegies should cement that reputation, and elevate it: Snow may be the best translator that Rilke has ever had.

Translator's Note     7
Introduction     9
Die erste Elegie     14
The First Elegy     15
Die zweite Elegie     22
The Second Elegy     23
Die dritte Elegie     28
The Third Elegy     29
Die vierte Elegie     36
The Fourth Elegy     37
Die funfte Elegie     42
The Fifth Elegy     43
Die sechste Elegie     50
The Sixth Elegy     51
Die siebente Elegie     54
The Seventh Elegy     55
Die achte Elegie     62
The Eighth Elegy     63
Die neunte Elegie     68
The Ninth Elegy     69
Die zehnte Elegie     74
The Tenth Elegy     75
Commentary     83