The dark eagles, sleep and death, br Rustle all night around my head: br The golden statue of man br Is swallowed by the icy comber br Of eternity. On the frightening reef br The purple remains go to pieces, br And the dark voice mourns br Over the sea. br Sister in my wild despair br Look, a precarious skiff is sinking br Under the stars, br The face of night whose voice is fading.