the rime of the ancient mariner ^*

• hem coleridge hem de maiden olması yönünden süfer...
  (bkz: coleridge) (bkz: iron maiden)
• yamulmuyorsam yaklasik 13 dakikalik bir parcadir.
• powerslave albüm'ünün sekizinci sarkisidir ve steve harris tarafindan bestelenmistir.
  
  powerslave(1984):
  produced, engineered & mixed by martin "pool bully" birch
  recorded at compass point, nassau
  mixed at electric ladyland studios, new york
  assistant engineer bruce buchhalter
  mastered by george marino at sterling sound, new york
  re-mastered by simon heyworth at chop 'em out
  
  rime of the ancient mariner
  ( harris )
  
  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 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 `til 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 and on at sea,
  and the thirst 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.”
  samuel taylor coleridge (1798-1834)
  
  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
  onward 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.
  
  narrative
  “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.”
  samuel taylor colridge (1798- 1834)
  
  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 the 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 of the long dead seamen
  see them stir and they start to rise
  bodies lifted by good spirits
  none 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 pilots boat, his son and the hermit.
  penance of life will fall onto him.
  
  and the ship 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.
• ozellikle aradaki direk gicirtilari (?) e$liginde dickinson'un $iir okudugu bolum cok guzel olan, uzun fakat kesinlikle baymayan maiden $arkisi.
• şiirin orjinali "the rime of the ancyent marinere". 7 bolumden oluşur, şiirde geçen kutup kuşunun fikir babası coleridge'in afyon dostu wordsworth'tür. coleridge koyu bir katolik olduğundan kelli şiirin içinde bol bol dinsel imge barındırır. 6 45 sağ olsun bu mühim eseri orjinaliyle beraber basmıştı.
• 13:35 süreye sahip en uzun iron maiden parçasıdır,steve harris in samuel taylor coleridge in "the rime of the ancient mariner" adlı şiirinden esinlenip yazdığı bu parça gerçekten de icra edilmesi yetenek ister.hele ki 13 dakika 35 saniye boyunca steve harris in bassının susmadığı düşünülürse gerçekten de insanüstü bi yeteneğe sahip olduğu ortaya çıkıyor mr.harris'in.gitarlar susup konuşma başlamadan evvel dehşet bi bass solo(4:14-4:59 saniyeleri arasında) var orda steve harris'in parmaklarını takip etmeye insan gözü yetersiz kalıyor
• samuel taylor coleridge'in nazım şeklinde eseri.
• the rhyme of the ancient mariner şeklinde de geçer
• albatros dahil butun canlilari sevmemiz gerektigini anlatan... insani gercekten dusunduren ve deisik acilardan dusunmesini saglayan emsalsiz eser...
• opera ixin cok guzel coverladigi sarki, bayan brutal ve arada female vocal mukemmel oturmus. fakat aksan problemi var, mesela en basta "marinir tells his tiiiyl" demesi beni guldurmustur.