Sajak Rainer Maria Rilke
Dahulu itu, dunia ada di wajah kekasih -
tapi, tiba-tiba saja ia habis tertumpah:
Dunia ada jauh di sana, tak lagi teraih.
Mengapa tak kureguk saja? Saat kutinggalkan,
ketika wajah kekasih sepenuh sepenampakan,
Dunia, dekat, aromanya mulutku merasakan.
Ah, kuminum juga, minum tak hilang haus.
Tapi, aku dipenuhi juga, disesaki beratus-ratus
Dunia, dan, terus minum, hingga dibenam arus.
World Was
World was in the face of the beloved -
but suddenly it poured out:
World is outside. World is not to be grasped.
Why did I not drink, as I lifted it,
from the full, the beloved face,
World, so near my mouth scented it?
Ah, I drank. I drank inexhaustibly.
But I was filled up too, by too much
World, and, drinking, I myself overflowed.
