Terse winds were full, fought hard the sails
pure white as maiden gowns,
the ship and sea in courtships dance
no virgin pretense found.
Rivulets of tears salt the cheeks
when bride and bridesmaid sing
upon the pillowed sunlit waves
lie both the golden rings.
The wedding bell sounds loud and shrill,
sea urchins line the aisle;
shimmering guests surround our boat
whales laugh and dolphins smile.
Flying fish create an arch
our ship slow passing through,
we cheer and raise our glasses high
and toast the mighty blue.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
favorite lines: whales laugh and dolphins smile. Flying fish create an arch mighty blue ..ocean? which one? and i'm not clear about the authorship of 'your' poems. are you 'pretending' to be a real (dead now) ship captain who wrote poetry, or did a (now dead) captain actually write them and you have 'translated' into 'modern English'. or is it a secret of the depths of the seas? ? to MyPoemList, bri :)