In the eyes of a dumb beast
\nI glimpsed deep peace,
\nnature\u2019s impartial feast
\noffered without surcease.<\/p>\n
To fear all creatures respond.
\nYet animals know how
\non the hunt to browse
\non the here-and-now
\nwhich tastes of nothing beyond.<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
Translation from Rilke’s French, below.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n “Dumb” in the sense of silent, since Rilke clearly thought that humans might be better off without the metaphysical yearnings which burden them with the illusion of something beyond.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n *<\/p>\n After Rainer Maria Rilke\u00a0<\/b>(original in French, Vergers n\u00b0 54 Pl\u00e9iade p. 1007)<\/p>\n J\u2019ai vu dans l\u2019\u0153il animal La b\u00eate conna\u00eet la peur ; In the eyes of a dumb beast I glimpsed deep peace, nature\u2019s impartial feast offered without surcease. To fear all creatures respond. Yet animals know how on the hunt to browse on the here-and-now which tastes of nothing beyond. * Translation from Rilke’s French, below. “Dumb” in the sense of silent, since Rilke clearly thought … <\/p>\n
\n<\/i>la vie paisible qui dure,
\n<\/i>le calme impartial
\n<\/i>de l\u2019imperturbable nature.<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/i>mais aussit\u00f4t elle avance
\n<\/i>et sur son champ d\u2019abondance
\n<\/i>broute une pr\u00e9sence,
\n<\/i>qui n\u2019a pas le go\u00fbt d\u2019ailleurs.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"