Kalózok dala | Tizenöten a halott ládáján

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by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

Translation © by Zoltán Retkes

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest

Language: English

Our translations: HUN

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest,
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.
Drink and the devil had done for the rest,
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.
Drink and the devil had done for the rest,
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.

Hate lies close to love of gold.
Dead men's secrets are tardily told.
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.

Dead men only the secret shall keep
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.
So bare the knife and plunge it deep.
Yo! ho! ho! Yo! ho! Yo! ho! ho!

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest,
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.
Drink and the devil had done for the rest,
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum,
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest,
Drink and the devil had done for the rest,
Yo! ho! ho! Yo! ho! Yo! ho! ho!

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Text Authorship:

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Treasure Island [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert (1868 - 1928), "Pirate song" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Zoltán Retkes) , title 1: "Kalózok dala", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2004-02-10
Line count: 21
Word count: 165

Kalózok dala

Language: Hungarian (Magyar) after the English

Tizenöten a halott ládáján,
Johohó meg egy üveg rum !
A többiek rég' a sátán hátán,
Johohó meg egy üveg rum !
A többiek rég' az üveg alján,
Johohó meg egy üveg rum !

Az aranyláz akár a gyűlölet;
A halott ember az biz' mind süket.
Johohó meg egy üveg rum !
Johohó meg egy üveg rum !

A halott ember az biz' mind néma,
Johohó meg egy üveg rum !
Mélyre mártsd késed ! Legyen úgy még ma,
Johohó johó johohó !
                                           
Tizenöten a halott ládáján,
Johohó meg egy üveg rum !
A többiek rég' a sátán hátán,
Johohó meg egy üveg rum !
Tizenöten a halott ládáján,
A többiek rég' az üveg alján,
Johohó johó johohó !

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a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Treasure Island
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-10
Line count: 21
Word count: 108