When I go from hence
let this be my parting word,
that what I have seen is unsurpass
I have tasted of the hidden honey
that expands on the ocean of light

I boasted among men that I had kn
They see your pictures in all work
They come and ask me, `Who is he?
I know not how to answer them. I
They blame me and they go away in

No more noisy, loud words from me—
Henceforth I deal in whispers.
The speech of my heart will be car
Men hasten to the King’s market.
But I have my untimely leave in t

Would you put your wreath of fresh
But you must know that the one wre
It is too late to ask my heart in
There was a time when my life was
Now it is squandered far and wide.

WHEN the two sisters go to fetch
They must be aware of somebody who
The two sisters whisper to each ot
They must have guessed the secret
Their pitchers lurch suddenly, and

None lives for ever, brother, and
Our life is not the one old burden
One sole poet has not to sing one
The flower fades and dies; but he
Brother, keep that in mind and rej

Time is endless in thy hands, my l
There is none to count thy minutes
Days and nights pass and ages bloo
Thou knowest how to wait.
Thy centuries follow each other pe

Imagine, mother, that you are to s
into strange lands.
Imagine that my boat is ready at t
Now think well, mother, before you
you when I come back.

She who ever had remained in the d
in the twilight of gleams and of g
she who never opened her veils in
will be my last gift to thee, my G
Words have wooed yet failed to win

I have got my leave. Bid me farew
I bow to you all and take my depar
Here I give back the keys of my d
——and I give up all claims to my h
I only ask for last kind words fro