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Love Song by Rilke

How can I keep my soul in me, so that
it doesn't touch your soul? How can I raise
it high enough, past you, to other things?
I would like to shelter it, among remote
lost objects, in some dark and silent place
that doesn't resonate when your depths resound.
Yet everything that touches us, me and you,
takes us together like a violin's bow,
which draws one voice out of two separate strings.
Upon what instrument are we two spanned?
And what musician holds us in his hand?
Oh sweetest song.
Transcript
00:01Love Song by Rainer Maria Rilke
00:08How can I keep my soul in me so that it doesn't touch your soul?
00:14How can I raise it high enough past you to other things?
00:19I would like to shelter it among remote lost objects
00:24In some dark and silent place that doesn't resonate when your depths resound
00:32Yet everything that touches us, me and you, takes us together like a violin's bow
00:41Which draws one voice out of two separate strings
00:46Upon what instrument are we too spanned?
00:53And what musician holds us in his hand?
00:57Oh, sweetest song!
01:16If you can, please remember your time for your life
01:20Once we break down your class, it's a little bit short
01:25If you will, lets go to the church
01:30Because it doesn't matter for you
01:32The church is always a natural
01:37And you have to trust God
01:39The church also loves you

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