Reichthum und Ehre
Nimmer ich 'gehre;
Herrschaft und Wuerde;
Waer mir nur Buerde.
I never desire
Wealth or fame to acquire
Honour and station
Were but vexation.
And to be learned
I'm no more concerned,
Than in the thicket
Are field-mouse and cricket.
All those cold cheating
Phantom forms fleeting,
'Stead of reviving,
Are vexing and driving.