A book by the renowned poet, prose writer, and translator Zinaida Mirkina includes essays on Rilke’s work, a complete translation of the cycle of sonnets to Orpheus. Also included are “Improvisations on Themes of Caprian Winter,” three Duino elegies, the elegy to Marina Tsvetaeva, and some other Rilke poems, as well as a study of Marina Tsvetaeva’s creative path—poems devoted to Tsvetaeva and the essay “Holy of Holies.”