- And ifwe have already said everything we were going to talk about?
- There will always be something more to talk about.
- And if there is nothing more? '
- Then we will be silent.
- And then we shall no longer love one another?
- Then we shall love one another even more.
- And thus the silence~ill not give us pain?
- The silence is not painful, if we love.
- And if the silence gives us pain?
- Then we shall begin to speak again.
- And what shall we speak about?,
- About what nlakes the silence hurt.
- So then we shall love one another again?
- We shall love one another for ever and ever.
- And if we don't know why the silence should sting?
- Then we will sing.
- And if one does not know the songs of the other?
- We will teach one another.
- And if one of us cannot master those things?
- We will simply listen when the other one sings.
- And if already we cannot hear?
" - We shall silently gaze on the other one near. - And if in the-end our sight is gone?
- Each will take the hands ofrhe other one.
- Will you still have a joy that nothing can smother?
- As long as we live, for we love one another.