Palaeoarchaean - The Ocean

Free man, you shall forever cherish the ocean!

The sea is your mirror;

you contemplate your soul

In its eternal waves that chafe and roll

Your mind’s abyss is bitter as the sea

Both of you live in darkness and in mystery

Man, who has ever plumbed the depths of your being?

O Sea, who knows your hidden riches

Seeing the secrets you preserve so jealously?

You love to plunge into your image down to the core

Embracing it with eyes and arms: your very heart

Sometimes finds a distraction from its urgent smart

In the wild ocean’s untamable roar

Both of you live in darkness and mystery

Man, who has ever plumbed the depths of your being?

O Sea, who knows your hidden riches

Seeing the secrets you preserve so jealously?

And yet for countless ages you have fought each other

With hands unsparing and with unforbearing breath

Each an eternal foe to his relentless brother

So avid are you both of slaughter and of death

Man and the sea

Man and the sea

Man and the sea

Man and the sea

Eternal wrestlers!

Man and Sea

Unrelenting twins!

Man and Sea — You have fought each other

Man and Sea — With unforbearing breath

Man and Sea — Eternal Wrestlers!

Man and Sea

Man and Sea — Each an eternal foe to his brother

Man and Sea — So avid are you both of fight and death