"Долго же шел ты в конверте, листок ..." ["Dolgo zhe shel ty v konverte, listok..."] [English translation]

It took you awhile to arrive in envelope, a single paper sheet,-

Long has expired the date!

But that's why it is the Far East,

Because it's in the east, far away...

Impassionately for an answer you wait-

Few words about the news...

Here we're meeting the daybreaks

Eight hours earlier than you.

The roar of ships here, till morning is on

Amidst the ocean bustle-

It's not called Pacific for reason,

That it's in reality passive.

Impassionately for an answer you wait-

Few words about the news...

Here we're meeting the daybreaks

Eight hours earlier than you.

Don't be afraid of the legend,

As if here as far as it gets,-

Behind, there is still Sakhalin, and then-

Our round and beautiful planet.

Impassionately for an answer you wait-

Few words about the news...

Here we're meeting the daybreaks

Eight hours earlier than you.

What can I say, ,here ,of course, is not a paradise,

But I've enough of writing, my dear,-

You know what, darling, please, arrive:

The Far East, it's so near!

My answer soon will arrive-

Few words about the news and request!

We should together meet the sunrise-

Eight hours earlier than the rest!

• Artist:Vladimir Vysotsky