I'm working on this poem for a piece for mezzo-soprano. So I'm learning it -- again -- by heart. [That's why I don't want to hear it in German. I just want the sound in English in my ears right now.]
So very beautiful . . .
TEXT in GERMAN & ENGLISH is at http://picture-poems.com/rilke/features/leaf.html
IMAGE: Last light, POP CREEK PASS (2500 m.), August, Eagle Cap Wilderness, OREGON