In a ship and singing a song.
That’s the gist of a video posted to the Facebook page for the Myanmar Seafarers, a collection of info about life on the open waters.
The song is called “Prisoner of the Sea” and was written by Zarni Zaw Htein and sang by Elet Min set. It chronicles the life of the sailor, with verses like “expired Frozen meat to eat / shaky bed was shaking left and right.”
While it isn’t immediately clear where the ship is docked, it looks like it could be the Yangon port.
Here’s the video, see a (very rough and truncated) translation below.
Although I am seeing the sea wherever I look,
Keep missing home.
It is good to miss
Between noise and heat.
Drink rust water if tired,
Expired Frozen meat to eat
Shaky bed was shaking left and right
When we will be at the port?
When can I catch my phone signal? Internet Signal?
I hope…
I can’t turn back even I want to quickly
I can’t turn back even I wanted to quickly
Prisoner of the Sea
My alarm clock tortures
The sweet dream I used to dream about
Training, drill and urgent jobs…
Rare and luxurious feeling of drinks
What is happening at home, in the village, on the land?
I used to know it before.
Who is going to replace me? For which position?
What? How long?
Until then we have to suffer
