La Canción Del Pirata (II)

At the ship's call it comes
It's to see how it turns and prepares
At full speed to escape
For I am the king of the sea

And you must fear my fury
In the spoils I divide
What is caught equally
I only desire for wealth
The unrivaled beauty

I am sentenced to death
I laugh, I do not abandon myself to fate
And to the one who condemns me
I will hang from some yardarm

Perhaps from his own ship
And if I fall, what is life?
I already gave it up
When I shook off the yoke of the slave
Like a brave

My best music is
The north winds, the noise and trembling
Of the shaken cables
The roars of the black sea

And the roar of my cannons
And the violent sound of thunder
And the wind's roar
I sleep peacefully
Lulled by the sea

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

[José de Espronceda (1808-1842)]