Answer:
What does no man want, yet no man want to lose?
He stands beside the road. In a purple cap at tattered green cloak. Those who touch him, curse him.
Snake coiled round and round. Snake deep below the ground. Snake that's never had a head. Snake that binds but not with dread.
I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind. I help others to see.
What is that which, though black itself, enlightens the world without burning?
There is a woman in a boat, on a lake, wearing a coat. If you want to know her name, it’s in the riddle I just wrote. What’s the woman’s name?