and very quiet The air is heavy and slow Streams fall like smoke The beautiful nature makes the sailors feel relaxed and calm The Effect of the Lotos Then the Lotos-eaters appear and give the sailors the lotos fruit This magical fruit changes their feelings Whoever eats the lotos starts to feel sleepy and dreamy The sound of the sea seems far away and sad to them Even the voices of their fellow sailors sound thin and ghostly to them Although they are awake they feel as if they are in a deep dream Tired and Resting Forever The sailors sit on the sand and think about their homes and families But they do not want to return to their fatherland Because they feel very tired of the sea Suddenly one of the sailors says We will return no more Then all of them sing together Our island home is far beyond the wave we will no longer roam So the magical lotos fruit has fully changed their mood From brave and strong sailors they change to calm dreamy and lazy The lotos makes them forget their work and fills them with a deep desire to rest forever