Have you ever seen forests and hills? na traveller once spoke nAnd in his eyes, there was a glint nyet unknown feelings it evoked nHe told me tales of places and times nenchanted heart, a splinter in mind nWith every word and with every smile nmy past became a foolish waste of life nnA further day has been born in the night nand with it comes the change nMy meditations enlightened my views nI'm longing for those lands so strange nDuty says: Attend to me! nYou have your task, you must not flee! nBut freedom cries: Let me out! nSo in the end I leave without a doubt Defying the dreams I have ninto the light I go nMay fortune be my friend nnOn this journey, miles and miles nWhere is my path? nWhat lies beyond these mountains nframing my desire? nOh, I won't return nuntil foreign seems my homeland nand I've found nthe end of wanderlust nnOn the mantelpiece I left a note nwaving my fellows goodbye nThey might even have liked to ensue nbut that's not the gist of why And so I write this book on my own nheading for the things yet to come nGentle breeze, I close my eyes nI feel it now, my spirit starts to fly nnDefying the dreams I have... nnOn this journey, miles and miles... nnAnd now I stand namong the oaks of ancient times nand I begin to understand nthe light in his eyes nnOn this journey, miles and miles...