The meaning of the lyrics of the song "The Sailor Parrot's Song" (Pesnya popugaya-moryaka) the performer of the song "Vladimir Vysotsky"

Listen up everyone - oh-ho-ho! eh-heh-hey! -

To me - the Parrot, the pirate of the seas!

I was born in some thousand-something year

In a jungle of banana and lianas,

My dad was a cockatoo parrot,

Back then, he couldn't even speak.

But soon I left the virgin forest:

The fearsome Fernando Cortes took me captive, -

He started shouting at my poor dad,

But my dad couldn't answer Fernando,

He couldn't - didn't know how - to answer.

And to take revenge, from dawn till dusk

I learned three words, only three, -

Stubbornly forcing myself - to repeat:

"Caramba!", "Corrida!" and "Damn it!"

Listen up everyone - oh-ho-ho! eh-heh-hey!

The story of the Parrot - the pirate of the seas!

A storm caught us on our way back,

It was especially hard for me, -

An English frigate, a "brig" they call it,

Boarded our ship.

Hand-to-hand combat raged for three nights, two days -

And the wicked pirates captured me, -

That's how I started sailing on different ships -

Near the equator, in the northern ice.

On different pirate ships.

They gave me coffee, cocoa, food,

So I would greet them with: "How do you do!"

But I kept repeating from dawn till dusk:

"Caramba!", "Corrida!" and "Damn it!"

Listen up everyone - oh-ho-ho! eh-heh-hey! -

To me - the Parrot, the pirate of the seas!

For a hundred years I sailed as a pirate - so what,

Some lost sailor

Sold me into slavery for a broken penny, -

And by then, I was already - talking.

A Turkish pasha broke his knife in half,

When I said to him: "Pasha, salaam!"

And the pasha simply had a fit,

When he learned that I could also write,

Read, sing, and dance.

I've seen India, China, and Iraq.

I am an indi-i-vidual - not a silly bird.

(Only savages think that way.)

Caramba! Corrida! And - damn it!

Послушайте все - о-го-го! э-ге-гей! -

Меня - Попугая, пирата морей!

Родился я в тыща каком-то году

В банано-лиановой чаще,

Мой папа был папапугай какаду,

Тогда еще не говорящий.

Но вскоре покинул я девственный лес:

Взял в плен меня страшный Фернандо Кортес, -

Он начал на бедного папу кричать,

А папа Фернанде не мог отвечать,

Не мог - не умел - отвечать.

И чтоб отомстить, от зари до зари

Учил я три слова, всего только три, -

Упрямо себя заставлял - повтори:

«Карамба!», «Коррида!» и «Черт побери!»

Послушайте все - о-го-го! э-ге-гей!

Рассказ Попугая - пирата морей!

Нас шторм на обратной дороге застиг,

Мне было особенно трудно, -

Английский фрегат под названием «бриг»

Взял на абордаж наше судно.

Был бой рукопашный три ночи, два дня -

И злые пираты пленили меня, -

Так начал я плавать на разных судах -

В районе экватора, в северных льдах.

На разных пиратских судах.

Давали мне кофе, какао, еду,

Чтоб я их приветствовал: «Хау ду ю ду!»

Но я повторял от зари до зари:

«Карамба!», «Коррида!» и «Черт побери!»

Послушайте все - о-го-го! э-ге-гей! -

Меня - Попугая, пирата морей!

Лет сто я проплавал пиратом - и что ж,

Какой-то матросик пропащий

Продал меня в рабство за ломаный грош, -

А я уже был - говорящий.

Турецкий паша нож сломал пополам,

Когда я сказал ему: «Паша, салам!»

И просто кондрашка хватила пашу,

Когда он узнал, что еще я пишу,

Читаю, пою и пляшу.

Я Индию видел, Китай и Ирак.

Я - инди-и-видум - не попка-дурак.

(Так думают только одни дикари.)

Карамба! Коррида! И - черт побери!

The song "Song of the Sailor Parrot" by Vladimir Vysotsky tells the story of a parrot who, despite his seemingly unenviable fate, lived a bright and eventful life. First captured by Cortes, he learns only three phrases to avenge his father, and then ends up on a pirate ship, where he becomes a witness and participant in exciting adventures.

The parrot, despite the change of owners and attempts to teach him other phrases, stubbornly repeats only the words learned in childhood: "Caramba! Corrida! Damn it!". These words become a symbol of his rebelliousness and desire to preserve his individuality.

The lyrics of the song contain subtle irony. The parrot, although he calls himself a "pirate of the seas," is actually a hostage to circumstances. He passes from hand to hand, unable to influence his own destiny.

However, the ending of the song suggests that the parrot is not broken. He has seen the world, possesses the skills of reading, writing, singing and dancing, which makes him exceptional. The phrase "I am an indi-vi-dual - not a silly parrot" emphasizes his self-awareness and independence.

Thus, the song "Song of the Sailor Parrot" is not just a funny story about a talking bird. It is an allegory of human life in a society where it is important to preserve one's individuality and freedom of spirit, despite external constraints.