You are mine, even if the world denies it,
Even if fate tries to erase our bond.
In the silence of the night, I call you,
In the daylight, I follow your shadow.
Neither time nor distance can part us,
For your soul is written into mine.

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.