Yareah Magazine

Selected romantic poets:

   JOSÉ DE ESPRONCEDA (Almendralejo, 1808- Madrid, 1842)   

Con diez cañones por banda,

viento en popa, a toda vela,

no corta el mar, sino vuela

un velero bergantín.

Bajel pirata que llaman,

por su bravura, el Temido,

en todo mar conocido

del uno al otro confín…

                                     Canción del Pirata 

    The breeze fair aft, all sails on high, 
Ten guns on each side mounted seen,
 She does not cut the sea, but fly,

A swiftly sailing brigantine;
A pirate bark, the “Dreaded” named,
For her surpassing boldness famed,
On every sea well-known and shore,
From side to side their boundaries o'er…

                                                                                                                                                                                         The Song of the Pirate

James Kennedy (translator)