Like an Ocean is This World

Armenian Legends and Poems [1916] at sacred-texts.com

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LIKE AN OCEAN IS THIS WORLD

BY HOVHANNES ERZINGATZI

(Born 1260)

     LIKE an ocean is this world;
None undrenched may cross that ocean.
     My ship too its sails unfurled,
Ere I knew it was in motion.

     Now we draw towards the land,
And I fear the sea-board yonder:--
     Lest the rocks upon the strand
Break and tear our planks asunder.

     I will pray God that He raise
From the shore a breeze to meet us,
     To disperse this gloomy haze,
That a happy land may greet us.