In the mood for grooks

[oneiriad]

The Unattainable Ideal
  
 We ought to live
each day as though
it were our last day
here below.

But if I did, alas,
I know
it would have killed me
long ago.

Piet Hein

What People May Think
  
 Some people cower
and wince and shrink,
owing to the fear of
what people may think.
There is one answer
to worries like these:
people may think
what the devil they please.
Piet Hein
 
Time
  
 Does time exist?
I gravely doubt it.
But gosh, what should we do
without it?
Piet Hein
 
Thoughts on a Station Platform
  
 It ought to be plain
how little you gain
by getting excited
and vexed.
You'll always be late
for the previous train,
and always on time
for the next.
Piet Hein
 
Living Is -
  
 Living is
a thing you do
now or never -
which do you?
Piet Hein
 
 A Tip
  
 Those
who can write
have a
lot to
learn from those
bright
enough
not to.
Piet Hein

And my personal favourite, which unfortunately I could not find in translation

 

Lille kat,

Lille kat,

Lille kat på vejen,

Hvis er du?

Hvis er du?

- Jeg er sgu´ min egen!

 

Piet Hein