Have you ever seen forests and hills?    a traveller once spoke    And in his eyes, there was a glint    yet unknown feelings it evoked    He told me tales of places and times    enchanted heart, a splinter in mind    With every word and with every smile    my past became a foolish waste of life       A further day has been born in the night    and with it comes the change    My meditations enlightened my views    I'm longing for those lands so strange    Duty says: Attend to me!    You have your task, you must not flee!    But freedom cries: Let me out!    So in the end I leave without a doubt Defying the dreams I have    into the light I go    May fortune be my friend       On this journey, miles and miles    Where is my path?    What lies beyond these mountains    framing my desire?    Oh, I won't return    until foreign seems my homeland    and I've found    the end of wanderlust       On the mantelpiece I left a note    waving my fellows goodbye    They might even have liked to ensue    but that's not the gist of why And so I write this book on my own    heading for the things yet to come    Gentle breeze, I close my eyes    I feel it now, my spirit starts to fly       Defying the dreams I have...       On this journey, miles and miles...       And now I stand    among the oaks of ancient times    and I begin to understand    the light in his eyes       On this journey, miles and miles...