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“The Seafarer” by Marina Tsvetaeva 🇷🇺 (8 Oct 1892 – 31 Aug 1941)
Translated from the Russian by Mary Jane White
Rock and rock me, starry boat!
My head is weary of breaking waves!
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For too long I’ve lost my moorings,—
My head is weary of thinking:
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Of hymns—of laurels—of heroes—of hydras,—
My head is weary of pretensions!
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Lay me out among grasses and pine-needles,—
My head is weary of wars …