Ever in my life have I sought thee 

with my songs. It was they who led 

me from door to door, and with them 

have I felt about me, searching and

touching my world.

   It was my songs that taught me all

the lessons I ever learnt; they showed

me secret paths, they brought before 

my sight many a star on the horizon of

my heart.

  They guided me all the day long to 

the mysteries of the country of pleasure 

and pain, and, at last, to what palace

gate have they brought me in the 

evening at the end of my journey?