ΡΑΪΝΕΡ ΜΑΡΙΑ ΡΙΛΚΕ
Ὅταν ὁ μικρὸς Ρενέ
γνώρισε τὴ Λού
-τὴ γυναῖκα ποὺ εἶχαν ἀγαπήσει
καὶ ὁ Νίτσε καὶ ὁ Φρόυντ-
δὲ φανταζόταν πὼς ἐκτὸς ἀπὸ τὸ ὄνομά του
θὰ ἄλλαζε καὶ τὴ ζωή του.
Ἀλλὰ κι ἐκείνη,
δὲ θὰ μποροῦσε νὰ προβλέψει
πὼς μετὰ ἀπὸ τόσους ἐραστὲς
ποὺ κατέκτησε χωρὶς νὰ κατακτηθεῖ
θὰ τὴ στιγμάτιζε ἕνας νεαρὸς ποιητής.
Γιατὶ στὸ τέλος, ἄγνωστε ἀναγνώστη,
κερδίζει πάντα ἡ ποίηση.
RAINER MARIA RILKE
When young René
first encountered Lou
-the woman once beloved
by both Nietzsche and Freud-
he could not have dreamed
that not only his name,
but his very life, would be transformed.
Nor could she
have ever foreseen
that after so many lovers
she conquered without surrender
it would be a young poet
who would leave his mark upon her.
For in the end, unknown reader,
it is always poetry that prevails.