Murmur of the sea, You will lull my pain, On the shore of sorrow I’m fading away Drained by the weight Of a long, erring life Burnt by the doom, The curse and the strife Weighed down with the loss Stretching out my hand Trying to remember Now I understand I passed through all seasons Of love and of hate Everything I fought for Was my chosen fate In the wail of the wind In the beat of the rain In the breaking of waves You will listen in vain Hear the cry of the gulls Yearning for the sea Hear the springing stream But you will not find me Now nothing remains Of him who was lost And faced his own ruin Carrying on at all cost While here by the sea The cold wind is sighing, While down in the valley The flowers are dying My voice in the shadows Forever will hide, Footprints in the sand Wiped out by the tide And the light in the west And all that my soul sees Is just a faint whisper That dies in the breeze Weighed down with the loss Stretching out my hand Trying to remember Now I understand I passed through all seasons Of love and of hate Everything I fought for Was my chosen fate In the wail of the wind In the beat of the rain In the breaking of waves You will listen in vain Hear the cry of the gulls Yearning for the sea Hear the springing stream But you will not find me Now nothing remains Of him who was lost And faced his own ruin Carrying on at all cost While here by the sea The cold wind is sighing, While down in the valley The flowers are dying