Thou art the Brother amongst my brothers, but I heed them not, I divide not my earnings with them, thus sharing my all with thee.
In pleasure and in pain I stand not by the side of men, and thus stand by thee. I shrink to give up my life, and thus do not plunge into the great waters of life.
When the creation was new and all the stars shone in their first splendour, the gods held their assembly in the sky and sang”Oh, the picture of perfection! the joy unalloyed!”
But one cried of a sudden——”It seems that somewhere there is a break in the chain of light and one of the stars has been lost.”
The golden string of their harp snapped, their song stopped, and they cried in dismay——”Yes, that lost star was the best, she was the glory of all heavens!”
From that day the search is unceasing for her, and the cry goes on from one to the other that in her the world has lost its one joy!
Only in the deepest silence of night the stars smile and whisper among themselves——”Vain is this seeking! unbroken perfection is over all!”
If it is not my portion to meet thee in this life then let me ever feel that I have missed thy sight——let me not forget for a moment, let me carry the pangs of this sorrow in my dreams and in my wakeful hours.