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“The Seafarer” by Marina Tsvetaeva 🇷🇺 (8 Oct 189231 Aug 1941)
Translated from the Russian by Mary Jane White
Rock and rock me, starry boat!
My head is weary of breaking waves!
For too long I’ve lost my moorings,—
My head is weary of thinking:
Of hymns—of laurels—of heroes—of hydras,—
My head is weary of pretensions!
Lay me out among grasses and pine-needles,—
My head is weary of wars …