"Colin Youngs" wrote in message
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: Will Hand wrote:
: I don't believe in angels David, but walking, especially in wild weather
in
: isolated spots, does do something for the soul!

: Now you've got me going.
: I came across this, almost appropriate,but maybe late October-

: Autumn Day
:
: Lord: it is time. The summer was immense.
: Let thine shadows upon the sundials fall,
: and unleash the winds upon the open fields.
:
: Command the last fruits into fullness;
: give them just two more ripe, southern days,
: urge them into completion and press
: the last bit of sweetness into the heavy wine.
:
: He who has no house now, will no longer build.
: He who is alone now, will stay alone,
: will awake in the night, read, write long letters,
: and will wander restlessly along the avenues,
: back and forth, as the leaves begin to blow.
:
: Rainer Maria Rilke
: (tr. Cliff Crego)

Very well known - and like most poetry much better in the original than in
translation. See below.

Colin Youngs
Brussels - Sunny and 24°C

Herbsttag
Herr, es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß.
Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren,
und auf den Fluren laß die Winde los.

Befiehl den letzten Früchten, voll zu sein;
gib ihnen noch zwei südlichere Tage,
dränge sie zur Vollendung hin, und jage
die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein.

Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr.
Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben,
wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben
und wird in den Alleen hin und her
unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben.



Thanks Colin and David, the original (which I haven't seen, of course, rhymes
and times.
I'm looking forward to autumn now!

Will.
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