Ever in my life have I sought thee with my
songs.  It was they who led me from door
to door, and with them have I felt about
me, searching and touching my world.
  It way my songs that taught me all the
lessons I ever learned; they showed me 
secret paths, they brought before my sight
many a star on the horizon of my heart.
   They guided me all the day long to the 
mysteries of the country of pleasure and
pain, and at last, to what palace gate have
they brought me in the evening at the end
of my journey?
	--from Gitanjali, translated by Rabindranath Tagore