My plight:
’Tis their solace to sing,
Dark of wing
Is their flight.)
The pun on the words pennas (feathers) and penas (woes) is untranslatable.
Ó mar alto, ó mar alto,
Ó mar alto sem ter fundo:
Mais vale andar no mar
Do que na boca do mundo.
(O sea so deep, O sea so deep,