In one salutation to thee, my God, let all my senses spread out and touch this
world at thy feet.
Like a rain-cloud of July hung low with its burden of unshed showers let all my
mind bend down at thy door in one salutation to thee.
Let all my songs gather together their diverse strains into a single current and
flow to a sea of silence in one salutation to thee.
Like a flock of homesick cranes flying night and day back to their mountain nests
let all my life take its voyage to its eternal home in one salutation to thee.