2010年1月、「ALWAYS」（中山美穂主演 映画「サヨナライツカ」主題歌）のヒットから約7ヶ月ぶりのシングルで、C/Wにはラバーズロックの名手、REGGAE DISCO RODKERSによるREMIXを収録。初回限定版にはDVDが付く。TBS系金曜ドラマ「うぬぼれ刑事」の挿入歌で、彼女自身も出演している。シングルのキャッチコピーは『もしもこの愛を知らなければ…中島美嘉が謳う、時を超えた想い。2010年、大傑作にして永遠の名作誕生。』
Sea-Fever
By John Masefield (1878-1967, English Poet Laureate 1930-1967)
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life.
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
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How I love this poem! And so do many people in the world. This celebrated work of John Masefield possesses an internalised beauty of music beyond rhythm and steps, and it is fated to attract sea-loving musicians to sing to it.
