I call thee, my thirsty demons! Can the surging sea, tear my heart from thee? Can distant dwelling drain The ancestral blood that warms my veins? I call thee, my thirsty demons!
Isle, of my Fathers! hear the filial song Of him, whose sources to thou belong! By the mighty hand was carved from the land Thy matchless sons The foundation laid Thy matchless arts
The nation made Pale shades
Those moments from our time are gone We couldn't see it straight away Those moments of our life won't come We couldn't feel it straight away
Their tombs are crumbling in the desert around, Whilst I...
... across the sea, but dream of that sound that used to be truth in the elder days Return, Sweet Vision! Allow me again Be when we all were more than a wind of pain and despair Can this be dreaming? Must my eyelids close That I may catch the fragrance of the rose?