A man leaves his great house because he's bored<br />With life at home, and suddenly returns,<br />Finding himself no happier abroad.<br />He rushes off to his villa driving like mad,<br />You'ld think he's going to a house on fire,<br />And yawns before he's put his foot inside,<br />Or falls asleep and seeks oblivion,<br />Or even rushes back to town again.<br />So each man flies from himself (vain hope, because<br />It clings to him the more closely against his will)<br />And hates himself because he is sick in mind<br />And does not know the cause of his disease.