The only name you bear

As long as in this world there are “you” and “me”,
there is no one there yet
and only in ourselves everyone alone.

When your finger points firmly to “you”,
only your “me” grows unconsciously into the sky
and distances you from everything.

Therefore, take with consciousness only that what is yours,
your “nobody” of every step of the way,
the only name you bear after the nameless Lord,
and do not flee into the side streets before it
so that someone whom you have given a name
may receive after you the Lord’s name
and step into your courts.