Here are translations that are close to the original, and are English, and are poetic. These poems, selected from Das Buch der Bilder and the two parts of Neue Gedichte, show Rilke's deep concern with sculpture and painting. Rainer Maria Rilke was one of Germany's most important poets. His poetry is innovative, enigmatic, and entertainingly idiosyncratic. C.F. MacIntyre's translations are both true to the original and poetic in their own right, and in each book he includes an introduction and notes.
German text faces the English translation.
When you have grasped its meaning with your will, then tenderly your eyes will let it go. . . Wer du auch seist. Und hast die Welt gemacht.