If my voice dies on land…

If my voice dies on land,
take it down to the sea
and leave it on the shore.

Take it down to the sea 
and make it captain
of a white man-of-war.

Honor it with
a sailor’s medal:
over its heart an anchor,
and on the anchor a star,
and on the star the wind,
and on the wind a sail!

Translated by Real Bigs