We Arrived in Canada


On the fourth of March I left the village

And went to Athens

From there I would come here

And I would have a fine time


My cabin was down in the depths

On the Queen Frederica

Three others and myself

Locked in like mice



We stopped in Naples

It was the first stop

Up to there we had a good time

It still hadn’t hit us yet


When we left Gibraltar

Out on the open waters

Very few of us remained standing

The place filled with vomit


When we arrived in Halifax

On the thirteenth of March

We felt it immediately

The cold of Canada


There, there was everything good

Even grapes

But they were very expensive

We wet our lips with water


At Union Station we got off

Unwashed, worn out

I saw my uncle coming

With a big overcoat


I ran and hugged him

With great longing

I remember asking him

If he had a comb