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Text:Two sails flashing bright on the royal-blue bay
Author:Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Translator (into English):Leland Bryant Ross
Translator (into Esperanto):Guido Holz
Tune:ZWEI SEGEL
Composer:Albrecht Kronenberger

559. Two sails flashing bright on the royal-blue bay

1. Two sails flashing bright on the royal-blue bay!
Two sails fill out tight and sail calmly away!

2. When one in the breezes moves hither and yon,
The other with ease as its shadow responds.

3. If one wants to hasten, the other goes fast,
If one asks for quiet, its companion has rest.

Text Information
First Line: Two sails flashing bright on the royal-blue bay
Title: Two sails flashing bright on the royal-blue bay
German Title: Zwei Segel erhellend die tiefblaue Bucht (Du veloj ekhelas)
Author: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Translator (into Esperanto): Guido Holz
Translator (into English): Leland Bryant Ross
Language: English
Scripture:
Topic: Marriage
Tune Information
Name: ZWEI SEGEL
Composer: Albrecht Kronenberger (1996)



Media
MIDI file: Zwei Segel

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