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!