Englischer Freundschaftsspruch
I fear it’s very wrong of me,
And yet I must admit,
When someone offers friendship
I want the whole of it.
I don’t want everybody else
To share my friend with me.
At least, I want one special one,
Who, indisputably,
Likes me much more than all the rest,
Who’s always on my side,
Who never cares what others say,
Who lets me come and hide
Within the shadow, in his house –
It doesn’t matter where –
Who lets me simply be myself,
Who’s always, always there.
