🎵 Lyrics
From Korinthia’s shining river mouth, Where the delta meets the sun, She slipped her ropes at morning tide — The fastest run begun. Bare feet on the living deck, Warm wind in every lung, Thirteen days to Mervue’s gates, And storm clouds still unsung. Oh the Albatross runs light and free, Foam at her silver prow, Captain Hõmraa leads the way — No turning from it now. Sing the rope and sing the sail, Sing the salt and spray, We’ll beat the storm to Kaltra’s mouth Before it claims the day. The Sea of Stars lies calm and wide, But none who know it trust — The quiet skin, the hidden pull, The deep and shifting thrust. Merchant sails on distant lines, No land for days around, Just laughter, song, and working hands, And keel through endless sound. Oh the Albatross runs light and free, Foam at her silver prow, Captain Hõmraa leads the way — No turning from it now. Sing the rope and sing the sail, Sing the salt and spray, We’ll beat the storm to Kaltra’s mouth Before it claims the day. Gold at ear and gold at wrist, Her braid like burning rope, Hõmraa stands against the wind, A mast of iron hope. She knows the moods of every wave, The tricks the currents weave, And none who sail beneath her watch Would doubt her or would leave. Dark on the rim — the season wakes, The wind begins to turn, Sky grows teeth of ash and brass, And far-off waters churn. No harbor light, no slowing now, No shelter left to claim — Run the river, ride the gale, Outpace the coming flame. Oh the Albatross runs hard and true, Rain on her beating frame, Captain calls and crew responds — Each voice a living flame. Kaltra’s mouth through storm and surge, One mile to safety’s door, Sing her in through wind and flood — Hold fast a moment more! River rising, ropes pulled tight, Masts cry in the rain, Harbor somewhere up the dark… We’ll see the dawn again.