(…)

Earth sleeps, not me. I jump in the sea’s womb.
The big black wave roars as it rushes ashore.
I bend my head, stretch out like a bridegroom

Toward the wave breaking. Surrounded by its roar
I wait till whirlpools drive my thoughts to doom,
A boat capsized and drowned: oblivion’s core.
 

Adam Mickiewicz, Bajdary