The Youngfish and the Eaglet

A sprightly young fish said to an eaglet: ‘This succession of waves that you see Is a single sea,

and it contains Crocodiles that bellow more loudly than thunder clouds; Its chest is a storehouse Of hazards and dangers known and unknown.

Its huge flood travels swiftly and covers the land; It has sparkling diamonds and lustrous pearls.

Young and for ever coursing along! Revolutions of time have not added to it Or diminished it.’

The young fish spoke with passion and zest, Its face beamed as it spoke. The eaglet laughed. From the shore it rose Into the air,

saying out loud: ‘I am an eagle, what have I to do with earth?; Sea or desert everything is under our wings!’

Leave the water, Befriend the vastness of space! Only an observant eye Will see the point of it.