there sails a ship / there flew a bird
from eye to lip / from view to word
to turn my tongue / from taste to speak
so rolled the winds / so sings the beak

fare well my son / go, be my word
reveal the One / and make me heard
translate man’s tongue / from curse to praise
that he may see / and choose your ways

so, you will be / the vine divine
a turning key / my living shrine
wake sleepy eyes / from dream to view
undo the ties / all ties undo

there sails a ship / there flew a bird
from eye to lip / from view to word
to turn my tongue / from taste to speak
so rolled the winds / so sings the beak

1974 tekst og melodi © Bodvar Schjelderup 2005
melodi også komponert av Siri Gjære