Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don't know where you are going or why you are going, go in everywhere, answer everyone. No one will kill you, any more than if you were a corpse.

One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.

A thousand Dreams within me softly burn

Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed.

Now I am an outcast. I loathe my country. The best thing for me is a drunken sleep on the beach.

The wolf howled under the leaves And spit out the prettiest feathers Of his meal of fowl: Like him I consume myself.

I shed more tears than God could ever have required.