As A Stranger I Lived In This World - Poem Lyrics

(As a stranger I lived in this world
A guest like my fathers
A stranger in my ways
In houghts and desires)2
(As a stranger, I could not find
A hearer, to tell him my opinions)2

The people are puzzled by my
sympathy, not knowing my epidemic
(The people swim in pasture, with
uproar and noise
And isolate myself here, with my
meek and little heart)2
(As a stranger, I could not find a
home, or a corner for my shelter)2

I left the world´s charms
And did not accept its calling
(I began preparing for travel
Far from its pleasures
An empty heart I wish not
To fill with any of its inspirations)2
(A fair hearing I listen not
To the noise of its dwellers)2

I roam here alone
Happy in its valleys
(With harps and psalms
And hymns I sing
And holy hours
Contemplating about my Creator)2
I walk around like a ghost
Who swims to eyeball the seer
As a stranger I lived in this world
A guest like my fathers

I gained my life and no honor
Concerns me or money
(And no home disrupts me
Nor friends or family
Here in the monastery verses
And proverbs that comfort me)2

(Here, the gospel is a lamp
Which cannot be covered with a basket)2

Here, the monks do not fear
Bars and shackles
(Life doesn’t please us
Nor dreams or reasonings
The world does not amuse us
To retreat and accept)2
(I tell every devil
Who wishes to tempt me
Beware that I live
As a stranger like my fathers)3