35. Boga Boga, Mariñela

Sailor song (sea shanty), Basque Country. By Jesus Guridi (1913).

Boga boga mariñela,
joan behar degu urrutira
bai Indietara, bai Indietara.
|: Ez det nik ikusiko,
zure kai ederra
Agur Ondarroako
Itsaso bazterra :|
Agur Ondarroako
Itsaso bazterra
Mariñela ! Boga ! mariñela !

English translation:

Sail, sail, sailor !
We need to go away,
Yes, to the Indies.
I won’t see your nice port ever again.
Farewell, sea of Ondarroa !
Sailor, sail, sailor !

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