Greetings from the sea

I greet you in all your splendor,

Deep black sea!

I greet you in dark of night,

You stars about me!

The sea crashes against the stony reef,

The stars shine brightly;

Our ship cleaves the flood

And swiftly sails on.

And yonder near that glowing star,

There is the distant land,

Where once love and bliss bloomed for me

At her lovely hand.

And though she no longer thinks of me,

I still remember her

And send, across the rocks and sea,

A thousand greetings yet.