I do not want the constellations any nearer,

I know they are very well where they are;

I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

Still, here I carry my old delicious burdens;

I carry them, men and women—I carry them with me wherever I go.

I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them;

I am filled with them and I will fill them in return.

You road I enter upon and look around! I believe that you are not all that is here;

I believe that much unseen is also here.

Here the profound lesson of reception, neither preference nor denial;