Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto
I have no ground to call my own,
No ground that I would stand.
My Hope and Fear now walk along,
Each holding other's hand.
My Love and Lust have stayed with me,
I am thus not betrayed.
And for the trinity to be,
Came long-expected Faith.
I spread my sleeves of leaf and sun,
I follow every wind.
Of all the rings I want not one -
A crooked way and spinned.
I have no ground beneath my foot -
Bereft of bondage and of root.
No ground that I would stand.
My Hope and Fear now walk along,
Each holding other's hand.
My Love and Lust have stayed with me,
I am thus not betrayed.
And for the trinity to be,
Came long-expected Faith.
I spread my sleeves of leaf and sun,
I follow every wind.
Of all the rings I want not one -
A crooked way and spinned.
I have no ground beneath my foot -
Bereft of bondage and of root.