GUESTS OF my life, You came in the early dawn, and you in the night, Your name was uttered by the Spring flowers and yours by the showers of rain. You brought the harp into my house and you brought the lamp. After you had taken your leave I found God's footprints on my floor. Now when I am at the end of my pilgrimage I leave in the evening flowers of worship my salutations to you all.
WHEN I LINGERED among my hoarded treasure I felt like a worm that feeds in the dark upon the fruit where it was born. I leave this prison of decay. I care not to haunt the mouldy stillness, for I go in search of ever-lasting youth; I throw away all that is not one with my life nor as light as my laughter. I run through time and, O my heart, in your chariot dances the poet who sings while he wanders.