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IGHTY wind, mighty wind!
 * With the sea thou speakest;

Waken it, play with it,
 * Question the blue sea.

It knows where my lover is,
 * Far away it bore him.

It will tell, the sea will tell,
 * What it has done with him.

If it has drowned my darling,
 * Beat on the blue sea.

I go to seek my loved one,
 * And to drown my woe.

If I find him, I'll cling to him,
 * On his heart I'll faint.

Then waves bear me with him
 * Where'er the winds do blow.

If my lover is beyond the sea,
 * Mighty wind, thou knowest

Where he goes, what he does,
 * With him thou speakest.