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 the brought me in the evening at
the end of my journey?