I will offer you a paper cruise ship
for the day when you have to leave
and a captain will sail it with his hands
from this sea to another one
a paper cruise ship I will give you
and a sailing airplane
and a pilot wearing spectacles will fly it
from this sky to another one.
And a singing canary I will train
for the gloomy days
when the sea and the sky oppose you
and it’s impossible to travel.
I will get you an unmarked flag
when you have to leave
and the strong eastern wind will make it wave
so that it may be seen
an unmarked flag I will offer you
and a golden hourglass
When the desert sand will pass through it
you can rest
And a singing canary I will train
for the gloomy days
when the wind and the weather oppose you
and you can’t come back.