English poem
Mary Virgin
by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)
How came, how came from out thy night Mary, so much light And so much gloom: Who was thy bridegroom?
Thou callest, thou callest and thou hast forgot That thou the same art not Who came to me In thy Virginity.
I am still so blossoming, so young. How shall I go on tiptoe From childhood to Annunciation Through the dim twilight Into thy Garden.