Se marcares, ao largo, o lampejo <br />De um farol a marcar o caminho <br />Saberás ser o nosso desejo <br />Que jamais tu navegues sozinho. <br /> <br />[Note: the above poem is not my original work, but is inscribed on a lighthouse marking the Easternmost point of South America (see my poem 'Earliest Sunrise') . The English translation below is mine.] <br /> <br />Song of the Hydrographer <br /> <br />If, as you set sail, you take note of the flash <br />Of a lighthouse to mark the way <br />You will know it to be our desire <br />That you never sail alone.<br /><br />Kim Barney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/can-o-do-hidr-grafo/
