To its origin, to the source,
no water ever will return
except as cloud on its high course.
To its origin, to the source,
no roadway ever will return,
except for longing and its force.
Road longing, cloud and watercourse,
what will occur, when I return
to my origin, to the source ?
Will I be longing, cloud or worse ?

Translated by Alfred Margul-Sperber