Inner Truth

"men bound in fellowship first weep and lament

but afterwards they laugh"

Life leads the thoughtful man

On a path of many windings

Now the course is checked

Now it runs straight again

Here winged thoughts may

Pour freely forth in words

There the heavy burden of knowledge

Must be shut away in silence

But when two people are one

in their inmost hearts

They shatter even the strenght

of iron or of bronze

And when two people understand

Each other in their inmost hearts

Their words are sweet and strong

Like the fragrance of orchids