Rime Of The Ancient Mariner de Iron Maiden

La letra de la canción "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" de Iron Maiden es una narrativa épica que se basa en un poema del siglo XVIII titulado "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" escrito por Samuel Taylor Coleridge. La canción relata la historia de un marino antiguo que, en medio de una travesía marítima, mata a un albatros. Este acto desencadena una serie de eventos catastróficos y maldiciones que persiguen al protagonista a lo largo de la canción.

La canción comienza con el marinero haciendo frente a las consecuencias de sus acciones, siendo testigo del caos y la muerte que lo rodea. A medida que avanza la historia, el marinero experimenta el peso de su culpa y se enfrenta a un destino tormentoso debido al asesinato del ave sagrada. Las letras nos sumergen en un viaje lleno de simbolismo, donde cada detalle cuenta en la narración.

El uso del albatros como símbolo tiene profundas resonancias mitológicas. Representando buena suerte y protección para los marineros en los tiempos antiguos, su muerte trae consigo una maldición implacable que pesa sobre el protagonista y sus compañeros. La canción explora temas como el remordimiento, la redención y las consecuencias inevitables de nuestras acciones.

A lo largo de la letra, vemos cómo el marinero busca desesperadamente liberarse del peso de sus crímenes y encontrar redención. A través de metáforas y descripciones detalladas, Iron Maiden teje una historia cautivadora que invita a reflexionar sobre las decisiones tomadas impulsivamente y las repercusiones no deseadas que pueden tener.

En cuanto a comparaciones dentro del catálogo musical de Iron Maiden, "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" destaca por su complejidad lírica y su atmósfera cinematográfica reminiscente del heavy metal épico característico de la banda. Esta pista se destaca como un ejemplo sobresaliente de storytelling musical en el género.

En conclusión, "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" es mucho más que una simple canción: es una saga musical apasionante que combina elementos literarios clásicos con la potencia emocional del rock pesado. A través de esta pieza magistralmente elaborada, Iron Maiden nos transporta a un mundo lleno de misterio, tragedia y redención, dejando una poderosa impresión en aquellos dispuestos a sumergirse en su narrativa inmersiva.

Hear the rime of the Ancient Mariner
See his eye as he stops one of three
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests
Stay here and listen to the nightmares
of the Sea.

And the music plays on, as the bride passes by
Caught by his spell and
the Mariner tells his tale.

Driven south to the land of the snow and ice
To a place where nobody's been
Through the snow fog flies on the albatross
Hailed in God´s name,
hoping good luck it brings.

And the ship sails on, back to the North
Through the fog and ice and
the albatross follows on.

The mariner kills the bird of good omen
His shipmates cry against what he´s done
But when the fog clears, they justify him
And make themselves a part of the crime.

Sailing on and on and North across the sea
Sailing on and on and North 'till all is calm.

The albatross begins with its vengeance
A terrible curse a thirst has begun
His shipmates blame bad luck on the Mariner
About his neck, the dead bird is hung.

And the curse goes on and on at sea
And the curse goes on and on for them and me.

"Day after day, day after day,
we stuck nor breath nor motion
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
Water, water everywhere and
all the boards did shrink
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink."

There, calls the mariner
there comes a ship over the line
But how can she sail with no wind
in her sails and no tide.

See... onward she comes
Onwards she nears, out of the sun
See... she has no crew
She has no life, wait but there´s two.

Death and she Life in Death,
they throw their dice for the crew
She wins the Mariner and he belongs to her now.
Then ... crew one by one
They drop down dead, two hundred men
She... She, Life in Death.
She lets him live, her chosen one.

"One after one by the star dogged moon,
too quick for groan or sigh
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang
and cursed me with his eye
Four times fifty living men
(and I heard nor sigh nor groan),
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
they dropped down one by one."

The curse it lives on in their eyes
The Mariner he wished he´d die
Along with the sea creatures
But they lived on, so did he.

And by the light of moon
He prays for their beauty not doom
With heart he blesses them
God´s creatures all of them too.

Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the Sea
Then down in falls comes the rain.

Hear the groans od the long dead seamen
See them stir and they start to rise
Bodies lifted by good spirits
NULL of them speak
and they´re lifeless in their eyes.

And revenge is still sought, penance starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.

Now the curse is finally lifted
And the Mariner sights his home
Spirits go from the long dead bodies
Form their own light and
the Mariner´s left alone.

And then a boat came sailing towards him
It was a joy he could not believe
The Pilot´s boat, his son and the hermit
Penance of life will fall onto Him.

And the ship it sinks like lead into the sea
And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins.

The Mariner´s bound to tell of his story
To tell his tale wherever he goes
To teach God´s word by his own example
That we must love all things that God made.

And the wedding guest´s a sad and wiser man
And the tale goes on and on and on.