Umberto Saba - Ulysses lyrics

When I was in my younger years I sailed The coastlines of Dalmatia. Isles appeared In bloom along the billows where sporadic Birds hung in intent hunger over prey. Those algae-slippery isles were glittering Emeralds in gold sunlight. When the high Tide and the night nullified them, sails Listed to leeward, farther out to sea, To flee their perfidy. Today my kingdom Is this grand No Man's land. The harbor heights Blaze on for others; I to dark broad seas Am thrust by an indomitable spirit, By the excruciating love of life.