I am restless lyrics

I am restless. I am athirst for far-away things.

My soul goes out in a longing

to touch the skirt of the dim distance.

O Great Beyond, O the keen call of thy flute!

I forget, I ever forget,

that I have no wings to fly,

that I am bound in this spot

evermore.

I am eager and wakeful,

I am a stranger in a strange land.

Thy breath comes to me

whispering an impossible hope.

Thy tongue is known to my heart

as its very own.

O Far-to-seek, O the keen call of thy flute!

I forget, I ever forget,

that I know not the way,

that I have not the winged horse.

I am listless, I am a wanderer in my heart.

In the sunny haze of the languid hours,

what vast vision of thine takes shape

in the blue of the sky!

O Farthest end, O the keen call of thy flute!

I forget, I ever forget,

that the gates are shut everywhere in the house

where I dwell alone!