"Piano Practice," by Rainer Maria Rilke (bilingual)
Channel: Hans Ostrom
Date: 2012-03-11

(Oops, I mispronounced "Rainier"--I know better). poem, in English and imperfect German.  Translated by C.F. McIntyre, Selected Poems of Rilke, Univ. California Press, copyright C.F. McIntyre and U.C. Press, grateful acknowledgement. Rilke: 1875-1926. Images from wikimedia commons, grateful acknowledgement.