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We arrived here aboard a foreign ship; a strange captain steered us over the wide sea. The ship rocked to and fro, and if perchance she rocked anyone to sleep, he dreamed uneasily .
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A new land, a strange land — who are they over there? One left a wife alone with two small children, a tiny garden, a hut, a father white as snow ... And every heart was oppressed by a different woe ...
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How long will the ship sail, how long? each one quietly thought. When a sailor was questioned, a stranger, he burst into laughter. Night turned into day, the day — into black night, until the strange captain brought us to the shore .
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A stranger met us and sternly asked: " Healthy? " and regarded us as one regards a dog. Looked into the eyes and into the mouth. Inspected us for a good reason. — Had he but looked into the heart, he might have seen a wound ...
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We shook each other's hand and bade farewell in silence — — Shall we ever meet again in years to come? From the distance the city threatened us, alarming with her din ... Among those speaking tens of languages we went about mute ...
We arrived here aboard a foreign ship; a strange captain steered us over the wide sea. The ship rocked to and fro, and if perchance she rocked anyone to sleep, he dreamed uneasily .
2
A new land, a strange land — who are they over there? One left a wife alone with two small children, a tiny garden, a hut, a father white as snow ... And every heart was oppressed by a different woe ...
3
How long will the ship sail, how long? each one quietly thought. When a sailor was questioned, a stranger, he burst into laughter. Night turned into day, the day — into black night, until the strange captain brought us to the shore .
4
A stranger met us and sternly asked: " Healthy? " and regarded us as one regards a dog. Looked into the eyes and into the mouth. Inspected us for a good reason. — Had he but looked into the heart, he might have seen a wound ...
5
We shook each other's hand and bade farewell in silence — — Shall we ever meet again in years to come? From the distance the city threatened us, alarming with her din ... Among those speaking tens of languages we went about mute ...
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