Die Grabschrift

Rose, oh reiner Widerspruch, Lust,
Niemandes Schlaf zu sein unter
soviel Lidern.

— (in seiner letztwillige Verfügung, Oktober 1925.)

Epitaph

Rose, pure contradiction, delight
in being no one's sleep under so many
eyelids.

—(included in Rilke's last will and testament of October 1925.)

[English translation by Michael Hamburger]