Ocean lights

Carl Loewe

How many sunbeams have fallen heavy as gold

Fallen glowing like fire into the eternal sea!

And the waves have sucked them into the depths

And the waves have become their wildly living tomb

Only in the holy twilight hour of quiet nights

These rays sparkle up from the sea's depths.

The waves roll glowing through the dark night;

Marvellously the gleaming beauty glows through them