Oh sandpiper,
Scuttling on the sandy shore,
Would you pause your piping-
leave to peace the little green crabs?
Oh sandpiper,
With what inquisitive gaze you fix me!
As if you know I do not belong,
Here among the marshy grasses.
Oh sandpiper,
Little one who welcomes me,
I, a land-person, here-
to come aboard your wave-tossed shore!
Oh sandpiper,
Would you teach me the secrets of the seas?
I long to hear the corals singing,
Listening to the ocean breeze.
Oh sandpiper,
Flap your wings- I fly no more-
Would you please remind me-
How is it to live in freedom?