Denizcilik ve korsan edebiyatı tutkumu düzenli okurum bilir. (Düzenli olmayan okur burayı tıklayabilir) En sevdiğim şiiri seçmekte zorlansam da, bu yüzden mutlaka söylemek zorundaysam Attila İlhan'dan "Eski Deniz Halkı"nı seçerim.
The Jolly Rogers benim gibilerin şimdiye dek çoktan keşfettiği bir grup olmalı. Çok sevdiğim bir şarkıları var, ünlü korsan ve ahiren Jamaika valisi Henry Morgan'a yazılmış bir şarkı. Sözleri internette yoktu, bayağı zorlu bir süreç sonunda (tam olarak 2.5 saat oluyor şu an), tam duyamadığım birkaç sözcükten de emin olarak (biri için twitter kullanıcısı birçok arkadaş yardımcı oldu, sağ olsunlar) sözlerini çıkardım. Meraklısıyla paylaşmak istedim, birkaç gün içinde, uygun bir vakitte çevirisini de koyacağım. Şarkıyı burayı tıklayarak dinleyebilirsiniz.
Eight months out, nothing to show
The crew's morale at an all time low
When we poured into Port Royale for repairs
The captain went ashore for news
While we mended sails with the other crews
And talked about our sad state of affairs
The captain, he came bounding back
Said "Boys, there's no time to unpack
'Cause we're about to join our pirate fleet"
This news should have been met with cheers
But the crew was plagued with doubt and fears
So the captain said without missing a beat:
"Don't avoid don't fear it
Embrace your pirate spirit
We sail with Captain Morgan tonight
For adventure and glory
And an unforgettable story
We sail with Captain Morgan tonight!
For Maracaibo we'll set sail
And there's no way we can fail
We'll have us a navy all our own
Like Porto Bello long before
We'll sneak ourselves to shore
And we'll be rich before we come back home"
This got some cheers but not a lot
They knew the Cartagena plot
And all the pirates there that met their end
"Yes" he says "there's risk involved
But every problem can be solved
And we'll end up with more cash than we can spend
Don't avoid don't fear it
Embrace your pirate spirit
We sail with Captain Morgan tonight
For adventure and glory
And an unforgettable story
We sail with Captain Morgan tonight!"
At last the crew they all agreed
As fear cannot win over greed
And we got our ship all ready and primed
We set the sails and sharpn'd swords
We pulled the anchor and wound the course
There was no way that we would lose this time
With that our whole crew was met
Pledges made and routes were set
Henry Morgan said let not a thing go wrong
And as the fleet was heading out
You could hear our whole crew shout
"Listen up ye scurvy dogs and sing along:
Don't avoid don't fear it
Embrace your pirate spirit
We sail with Captain Morgan tonight
For adventure and glory
And an unforgettable story
We sail with Captain Morgan tonight!"
M. Bahadırhan Dinçaslan
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