Sehnsucht [English translation]

Though I've opened my eyes

I'm not looking outside

I'm looking inside

To be internalised

Turn on my inner light

What's under that hide?

What came to abide?

The wanting, ambition

I'm like a blind man hunting vision

Won't just accept anything given

Best wishes!

Some are wond'ring how their time diverged

I am wond'ring, how did time emerge

Time which I've distinctly long

Have spent with a distinctive wanderurge

Which drowned and surged, which came and went

According to my worldly insight gained

A timid warrior he stays restrained

Of courage clearly long since drained

I'm longing for yearning, lacking ambition

I'm like a blind man seeking vision

Who's not content with anything given

Best wishes!