come, gather around, my friends.

[sol_wilvert]

I am the one who is honored, and who is praised,
    and who is despised scornfully.
I am peace,
    and war has come because of me.
And I am an alien and a citizen.

I am the substance and the one who has no substance.

Those who are without association with me are ignorant of me,
    and those who are in my substance are the ones who know me.
Those who are close to me have been ignorant of me,
    and those who are far away from me are the ones who have known me.
On the day when I am close to you, you are far away from me,
    and on the day when I am far away from you, I am close to you.