Canticle to the Sea

Deep is calling on deep
in the roar of waters
Your torrents and your waves
Sweep over me, O deep blue sea

On sandy shores I stand
where thine waves crash
Gleefully calling
A song unceasing

The morning sun paving
a glittering path
Upon deep blue waters
Where I destined to trod

Thine deep blue waters
Are foreign to me
Wade must I through unknown
Fear gripping my soul

Thine ethereal song
awakens my spirit
A yearning beyong
Flames... a voice within

Plunge! Deeper I go
Where thine waves embellish me
In deep cold waters
My soul one with thee

Now sail must I
through shallow waters
Against thine noisy waves
Unto depths unknown



Deeper, deeper
Thy song calleth me
Thine silver path fading
Darkness rising

Upon endless tranquility
Unchanging mundanity
Thy current takes me deeper
To darker uncertainty

Deep is calling on deep
In the silence of waters
Your torrents and your waves
have ceased, O placid sea