Solar Sailor [Tongan translation]

Solar sailor, ship of dreams

Take me away.

Let me slide aboard,

Let me stow away.

Curled up in a small dark space

The ship is trembling,

Straining now against the binding of the harbour.

I feel the vibrations in my body;

Behind my closed eyes

I imagine how the children down below are screaming, jumping, waving -

I once was amongst them,

Screamed my heart out

As the slender, glorious beast of metal gold and crystal spark began to rise and lift,

Like dragon's hair

The bindings fall away, a dancing motion, sadness manifest,

They helplessly twist towards the stony ground

And then she storms the heavens,

Blinding beauty, flash of light, and she is gone -

The roaring hum of engines

Still remains inside our minds

And we are left behind, again.

Solar Sailor, ship of dreams,

take me away.

I am here, aboard at last?

Am I dreaming?

Am I lying on the hungry, rocky

desert soil, and am I

dying?

I feel the vibrations in my body;

I sense the engines,

Powering the golden ship through the dimensions.

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