Salty spray upon wondering prow
How fast the Dauntless cuts a wake!
For the men that give her life sake
The Captain wonders the distance now
-and looks with longing beyond the bow
Upon the shore the Captain's wife
Long she's waited in the sand
With a garland in her hand
So lonely is the life
-of the Mariner's wife
Now the Captain's heart began to burn
For he'd gone many years
Sailing wide and vast frontiers
And ever for home did he yearn
-but oft those feelings a sailor must spurn
On the horizon the Dauntless now shone
Like wonderful sunrise
Radiant to her eyes
The despair in her heart was now flown
-for her husband was at last home
Soon it was after they embraced
She held him tight
As long as she might
To hide the cares she'd faced
-the lines the years had traced
Time had no bearing on him though
For he loved her still
With all of his will
Always did he his heart bestow
-and ever to her his passion owe
Though his wife did he most adore
Still the dauntless called
And her Captain, thralled
His leaving at once ripped and tore
-and cleaved her heart unto its core
Upon the shore was the Captain's wife
Long she sobbed in the sand
Wither'd garland in her hand
For sad is the life
-of the Mariners wife
No longer his absence would her heart defend
And she could stand no more
Upon that lonely shore
Where nothing her pain could mend
-so in the sea she sought her end
Once upon a time stood an Ensign's wife
Smiling and waiting there in the sand
Purple posey'd garland in her hand
But lost is the life
Of the Mariner's wife
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem