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THE SMUGGLERS
by Edward Bagritzky
Abridged translation by Vadim Ingwall Baranovsky

Past fish and bright stars, in an ominous vessel
Greek smugglers are bringing their goods to Odessa.
They cling to the sideboard with great perseverance:
Yanaki, Stavraki and Papasotiris.
The wind is a-shouting, their mast is a-strumming,
The waves hit the vessel with sonorous drumming,
And flying white foam is so chillingly drenching!
Glorious venture! Most excellent venture!

O boat and sail! O the far Black Sea shore!
Thieves! Thieves galore!

11 PM is an hour of caution
For three Coast Guard's men on the turbulent ocean;
Half-dozen eyes that can see in the dark:
Half-dozen eyes and a small motor barque!
Hurry, Three Guardsmen, and start up the motor,
Throwing your boat to the infidel water!
The voice of the sea will be loud and wrenching:
Glorious venture! Most excellent venture!

O, starry midnight! The far Black Sea shore!
Thieves! Thieves galore!

O, how much I want to, with grace and panache
Hold on to the sideboard and twirl my mustache;
To sail past the stars with nefarious cargo,
Abusing my throat with rough criminal jargon,
And hear through the yells of the cold, bitter wind,
The motor-hum dirge of the Guard closing in...
Or else, better yet, with a gun in my fist
To follow some thief through the billowing mist,
To climb in his boat, and to find what I seek,
And come face-to-face with a murderous Greek!

So pound, my heart, on the ribs of your cage,
Let out my youth, and my joy, and my rage!
Let human blood fall like a meteor shower,
Let me strike the world as a spark strikes the powder!
The wild, reckless sea waves are singing along
As I twist my mouth with a villainous song
Of the Black Sea, the scary, the vast, the perplexing:
Glorious Black Sea! Magnificent Black Sea!

..Magnificent Black Sea!..