Traducción de la letra de la canción Songwriter's Lament - Captain Marryat

Songwriter's Lament (original)

Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song
I’ll show you my hands, just to prove I was wrong
Freed from the bondage of this evil land
Does not really show off, but does what he can
An old man lay dying, lay still on his bed
His songs were behind him — his songs they were dead
Lost were his meanings, lost were his songs
And so far behind him, and now they were gone
His tunes had no meanings, just lost in his head
His thoughts and his thinking, maybe were dead
A curse, which was evil, had ruined this poor man
'Cos no-one believd him — could not understand
His mind, it was tattered
His pn wrote the songs
Just to learn by his readings
His mind just goes…

(traducción)

Préstame tus oídos y te cantaré una canción
Te mostraré mis manos, solo para probar que estaba equivocado
Liberado de la esclavitud de esta tierra malvada
Realmente no presume, pero hace lo que puede
Un anciano yacía moribundo, yacía inmóvil en su cama
Sus canciones quedaron atrás, sus canciones estaban muertas
Se perdieron sus significados, se perdieron sus canciones
Y tan lejos detrás de él, y ahora se habían ido
Sus melodías no tenían significado, solo se perdían en su cabeza
Sus pensamientos y su pensamiento, tal vez estaban muertos
Una maldición, que era mala, había arruinado a este pobre hombre
Porque nadie le creyó, no podía entender
Su mente, estaba hecha jirones
Su pn escribió las canciones.
Solo para aprender de sus lecturas
Su mente simplemente va...