English Translation:
The Letter in a Bottle Washed Ashore
I found something upon the shore.
Washed in from the distant sea,
Inside was paper, wrapped up well.
Words filled with longing, it did tell.
The writing was lovely, like a song,
Declaring a love, to my soul it thronged.
My heart, poor thing, was filled with glee,
For the message, it seemed, was meant for me.
But at the bottom of the letter, a name did lie.
Not mine.
The letter in the bottle,
Was for my own lost self,
Passing by.