Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.

Anything I can sing, I call a song. Anything I can't sing, I call a poem.

Leave out my name from the gift if it be a burden, but keep my song.

I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.

Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.

Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sigh.