Oh, Queen of the Adriatic,
You Are the City of Waterways,
Linked to Italy only by a thin stretch of land
You are the city with the mazes of canals,
Gondolas and vaporettos ride into ports.
Queen of the Adriatic you were called
When Marco Polo set forth to Asia
To meet the great ruler, Kublai Khan.
You have lived through the Years of Terror,
The Second War and Hitler.
You have throughout history.
You will be remembered within me
As the Queen of the Adriatic.
The majestic, the uncconquerable,
Never fearful, Venice.
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