1:03:02
Take me with you..
1:03:03
No, I can't.
1:03:08
It's the sea!
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Is this Piquoiseau's idea?
1:03:12
No. I've wanted to go
for a long time.
1:03:16
One night,
a sailing ship berthed right here.
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Her cargo was wood
from the West Indies.
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Black wood, all golden inside,
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smelling of camphor and pepper.
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The ship came
from the Leeward Islands.
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The crew came in here
and told me about their country.
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I drank the rum they'd brought.
It was very sweet and spicy.
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Then, one night, they left,
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and I went out on the pier.
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I looked
at that fine three-master
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sailing into the sun
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towards the Leeward Islands.
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Since then, I've been under a spell.
1:04:13
Was there a woman on the boat?
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I knew you wouldn't understand.
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Is it the islands, then?
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I'd prefer never to go there,
1:04:22
but to keep them
as I imagined them.
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I long for distant places.
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It may seem silly.
It's something I can't explain,
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but that's how it is.
1:04:38
I long for distant places.
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And that's why you want to leave me?
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Now that you know, you'd better go.
1:04:58
If I go now,
I feel I may never see you again.