La Canción Del Pirata (I)

With ten cannons on each side
Wind aft, full sail
The sea is not cut, it flies
A brigantine sailboat

The pirate ship they call
The Feared for its fierceness
In all the known sea
From one end to the other

The moon shines on the sea
And the wind moans on the canvas
And raises in soft movement
Waves of silver and blue

And the pirate captain sees
Singing happily at the stern
Asia on one side, Europe on the other
And there in front, Istanbul

Sail my sailboat
Without fear that neither enemy ship
Nor storm nor fair weather
Can bend your course
Nor hold your courage

Twenty prizes we have taken
In spite of the English
And they have surrendered their banners
A hundred nations at my feet

For my ship is my treasure
For my god is my freedom
My law is strength and the wind
My only homeland is the sea

There fierce wars may move
Blind kings, for a palm more of land
For I have here as mine
All that the wild sea covers

To whom no laws were imposed
And there is no beach, whatever it may be
Nor flag of splendor
That does not feel my right
And my valor in my chest

For my ship is my treasure
For my god is my freedom
My law is strength and the wind
My only homeland is the sea