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"A Sea Song

I used to go sailing on the ships

Wandered in all the seas and rode out storms…

I've been to any port and any harbour

But everywhere I was missing my home

Everywhere I was missing my home

I ate bananas and drank coffee on Martinique

Smoked nasty tobaccos in Istanbul

In Cairo I chewed dates out of boredom

To my mind, they have a bitter taste

Far away from home they have a bitter taste

No, I don't fancy far-away beauty…

I used to wander in foreign lands for many days

But didn't leave there a tiny bit of my soul

All of it is for my Nastya, Nastyenka

It's all for my dear Nastyenka

On finishing my long-distance sails

I used to kiss the granite of the wharves

In my native Crimea and in Vladivostok I'm in tears

Just like on the distant Kuril Islands

On the most distant of our islands."