What a great life it is!
I know not how long I live
No one knows it too.
Indeed, it's a great life
I know not how long it lasts
No one lasts long too.
To read, to write, to speak
I exist, but with no claims,
No one thought I could.
I read, I wrote, I spoke
To some fine souls
No one knows but I.
This time, my time, is
Finer than ever, than
Anyone else imagines.
It is not the longer life,
But a long teaching life,
God, grant me for you.