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Le Grand Coureur

Daniele Sepe
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Versione inglese di Riccardo Venturi
MARENARETHE PRIVATEER "GRAND COUREUR"
Ce tenevo na picciotta
Bella tosta e ciotta ciotta
Po nu juorn me mbarcai
E mmiez ‘o mare me menai
The privateer Grand Coureur
Is a poor, unlucky ship,
When she sets out so bold
To chase the English at sea
Alas! The wind, sea and war
Turn their back to the French.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
Senza rum e senza vient’
Stamme tutt arruvenat’
E tira sta cimma a ca’
E votta sta cimma a la
She sailed out from Lorient
With still sea, and fair winds
That drove her from larboard
Making her sail like a fish.
But there it comes a storm
And, alas! She's made a wreck.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
E pe’ copp’ ‘o bastiment’
Me ne jev’ assai cuntent’
‘E juorn’ stev’ a fa ‘e purpett’
E ‘a sera semp’ nu tressett’
All the masts had we to mend
Working hard like negro slaves,
And as work is still going on
Someone calls from starboard.
Here comes a ship boarding,
And she's full of cannonguns.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
E co vient’ d’ maestrale
Me jucai o tre ‘e denare
E co vient de ponente
Me jucai tutt ‘e rient
It was just an English ship
showing her two rows of guns.
Looked like a true deathmonger,
but the French do not fear her.
So, instead of taking flight,
we'll engage in the fight.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
Me pareva tutt’ buon’
Fino a che sentett ‘o tuon’
Dinto ‘o giro ‘e Na ricotta
Jett tutt’ sott’ e ngopp’
The balls flying o'er our heads,
we repaid 'em one by one,
our brave sailormen's beards
are steaming in the great toil!
Then the English ship it sneaks
in a fog bank and disappears.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
Chill’ a poppa jett’ a prora
Chi a babordo e chi a tribordo
Nu burdell’ nu serraglio
Tocca ‘o fierr’ e piglia l’aglio
Here's what we picked up
in six months roving at sea:
a ship loaded with potatoes
just half-wrecked, as you see,
and another carrying slippers,
and the last loaded with dung.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
Antrasatta ‘o capitano
Se mettette a cul’ ‘a for
E dicette a ‘o pataterne
Tiè viè pigliame all’inferno
To recover from the fight
We got a nice meal indeed:
A slop, rancid lard in slices,
Sour vinegar instead of wine,
Mouldy biscuits gone long since,
Camphor brandy for breakfast.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
Tutt’ quant’ a cul a fore
Nun ve dico po c’addore
Jastemmanne ‘o calendario
Ma astrigneveme ‘o rusario
To get rid of our bad fate
We're drawing to the port
To put an end to disgraces
By death, seeing how it'll end.
Everyone of us is trying
to reach safety his own way!
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
Tuon’ lamp’ e cavallune
A vedè sti cul a fore
Se mettetten’ a ppaura
E turnaine a Palinure
The captain and his adjutant
Clinging to a floating gun,
The boatswain to the big anchor,
The storekeeper to a barrel,
That bloody old motherfucker!
He always stole our allowance.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
Dint ‘o tiemp ‘e ddoje tre botte
Chesta chiorma ‘e cacasotte
Se truvaine miez’ ‘o mare
‘E part de Castellammare
Behold now the ship's cook
With his kitchen and his hooks,
How he's hidden in a big pot
just like stale bread soup,
sailing away with the wind
as if pursued by the hell fire.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
Chist’ è ‘o fatt e chist’ è ‘o cunt
Dint’ ‘a vita ce vo ‘o culo
Anche detto deretano
Ve lo dice il Capitano
All our bad luck, I tell ye,
is the caulker's fault, you see:
he fell down from the maintop
on to th' slippery stemdeck,
bounced back down the caboose
and the girders he did break.
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!
Senza rum e senza vient’
Stamme tutt arruvenat’
E tira sta cimma a ca’
E votta sta cimma a la
If the story of Grand Coureur
your heart it did move to weep
be so kind as to repay us
by your gratefulness so deep!
Give us wine, brandy and beer
and we'll drink your health to keep!
Come on, boys, come on!
Come on, boys, stay merry!


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