Текст песни Гумилёв Н.С. - Но в мире есть иные области...

Captains (1910)

Collection "Pearls"

IV

But there are other areas in the world,
The moon of tormenting tomima.
For a higher power, higher valor
They are forever unattainable.

There are waves with sparkles and splashes.
Unceasing dance
And there it flies in sharp jumps
Ship of the Flying Dutchman.

Neither a reef nor shallows meet him,
But, a sign of sadness and misery,
The lights of St. Elmo shine
Having sifted its board and gear.

The captain himself, gliding over the abyss,
Holding the hat by the hand
Bloodied but iron
At the helm grabs - another.

Like death, his comrades are pale
Everyone has the same thought.
So the corpses look at the conflagration
Inexpressible and gloomy.

And if the hour is clear, morning
Swimmers in the seas met him
Their inner torment forever tormented
Blind portent of sorrow.

Vatage violent and warlike
So many stories
But all the worse and more mysterious
For the brave sea creatures -

The fact that somewhere there is an outskirts -
There, beyond the tropic of Capricorn! -
Where is the captain with the face of Cain
A terrible road lay.

verses - Nikolay Gumilyov; 1910 year
music - Alexander Smirnov; April 6, 2013