Maagen
Maagen skreg over Havets Speil:
Skipper tag ind dit hvide Seil.
Skipperen gabed og strakte sig doven:
Maage hold din Mund med dit Skrig foroven. —
Skipper, Skipper, tag Seilet ind!
Jeg spaar dig, der kommer en Hvirvelvind.
Snak, du Tosse, det kjender du ei;
Hvo er vel Skipper, du eller jeg?
Hui! da foer over Havet Blæsten,
Skibet forgik i Bølgerne næsten,
Maagen rundt omkring Skibet fløi:
Naa, kan du se, at jeg ikke løi!
Gode Raad bør man altid høre! —
Da kløede sig Skipperen bag sit Øre.
The Gull
O’er the sea’s mirror the gull did wail:
Skipper, take in your full white sail.
The skipper he yawned and stretched at ease:
Stop moaning aloft now, if you please.–
Skipper, oh skipper your sail take in!
A whirlwind I sense will soon begin.
Rubbish, you fool, you don’t have a clue;
Who is the skipper – me or you?
Whoosh! the sea by the wind was tossed,
The boat in the waves was almost lost,
The gull around the boat did fly:
Well, now you know I told no lie!
Good advice you should always hear! –
At which the skipper scratched his ear.
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