About the ship "Catarineta"
Listen to the story:
Horrible story
Waiting, gentlemen, for you...
He's off to foreign shores
I've been sailing for over a year now:
Supplies are out; hunger for everyone
Threatened with death.
Wet and chew the skin:
Don't chew it - it's tough!
And hunger tormented me more and more fiercely
And death was close.
Then they decided to cast lots:
Who will be killed -
For the captain of the ship
Fell - oh misfortune! - he...
“Climb quickly, lookout,
On the ship's mast:
Suddenly the Portuguese coast is visible,
Spanish soil?
“I don’t see, captain, I don’t see,
I can’t see it at all!
I just see: they’re aiming at your heart
Seven drawn swords!
“Climb higher, onto the mainmast:
From the mainmast of a ship
Suddenly the Portuguese coast is visible,
Spanish soil?
“Oh joy, captain! Visible to me
From the mainmast of a ship
The familiar Portuguese coast,
Spanish land!
And there I see a beautiful house
There is a blooming garden with him;
Among the orange trees
Three girls sitting:
One spins, the other sews,
The most beautiful sheds tears..."
"You see my daughters...
If I can hug them,
Ready most beautiful daughter
I will give you as a wife,
And I’ll give so much gold for it -
You can’t count!”
"Your work was hard, captain,
I won’t take gold!”
“Then I’ll give you a white horse,
There is no equal to him!”
“I don’t need a horse, captain,
I can’t bridle him!”
"Take my Katarineta"
To become a captain!"
“Alas, I, captain, do not know
How to manage it..."
“What is it for you, tell me,
Is the reward good?
“I only need one reward -
We need your soul!
"Get away, demon, temptation
You can't beat me!
I entrust my soul to God
And the ocean is flesh!
Then he was picked up by an angel
On white wings
The demon disappeared, turning to dust,
And the darkness cleared...
But, having met the reef, "Catarineta"
That night she sank.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru