“I can’t reveal the mystery to either saint or sinner; I can’t state at length what I’ve said curtly; I achieve an altered state that I can’t explain; I have a secret that I cannot share.”

“Shall I still sigh for what I have not got, Or try with cheerfulness to bear my lot? Fill up my cup! I know not if the breath I now am drawing is my last, or not!”

“When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.”

“I have not asked for life.But I try to accept whateverlife brings without surprise.And I shall depart again without havingquestioned anyone about my strangestay here on earth.”

“I brought the cup to my lips with greedBegging for longevity, my temporal needCup brought its to mine, its secret did feedTime never returns, drink, of this take heed”

“I value the lover'ssighs of happiness and I despise the hypocritemumbling his prayers.”

“I see a horseman disappearing intothe evening mist. Will he travel through woodsor across wild plains? Where is he heading? I don't know.Tomorrow, will I be stretched out above orbelow the earth? I don't know.”