I have known bread hunger,

Yet have I strength.

I have known heart hunger,

Yet do I live.

I have known soul hunger,

And faith is not dead.

When the body cried,

I lit love in my heart.

When the heart wept,

I lit a lamp in my soul.

Yet all the while,

I heard life asking its goal.

I was alone looking out of a house,

Knowing the empty rooms.