Cargo Culte Lyrics in English Serge Gainsbourg

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cargo Culte by Serge Gainsbourg from French to English.
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Je sais moi, des sorciers qui invoquent les jets
I know, wizards who invoke the jets
Dans la jungle de Nouvelle-Guinée
In the jungle of New Guinea
Ils scrutent le zénith
They scan the zenith
Convoitant les guinées que leur rapporterait le pillage du fret
Coveting the guineas that would earn them from the plundering of freight
Sur la mer de corail au passage de cet appareil
On the coral sea as this device passes
Ces créatures non dénuées de raison
These creatures not devoid of reason
Ces papous
These Papuans
Attendent des nuées
Waiting for clouds
L'avarie du Viscount
The Viscount’s damage
Et celle du Comet
And that of the Comet
Et comme leur totem n'a jamais pu abattre à leurs pieds
And as their totem could never fall at their feet
Ni Boeing ni même D.C. Quatre
Neither Boeing nor even D.C. Four
Ils rêvent de hijacks
They dream of hijacks
Et d'accidents d'oiseaux
And bird accidents
Ces naufrageurs naïfs
These naive wreckers
Armés de sarbacanes
Armed with blowguns
Qui sacrifient ainsi au culte du cargo
Who thus sacrifice to the cult of cargo
En soufflant
By blowing
Vers l'azur
Towards the azure
Et les aéroplanes
And the airplanes
Où es-tu Melody
Where are you Melody
Et ton corps disloqué
And your dislocated body
Hante-t-il l'archipel que peuplent les sirènes?
Does he haunt the archipelago inhabited by mermaids?
Ou bien accrochée au cargo dont la sirène d'alarme s'est tue
Or clinging to the cargo ship whose alarm siren has gone silent
Es-tu restée?
Did you stay?
Au hasard des courants
By chance of the currents
As-tu déjà touché
Have you ever touched
Ces lumineux coraux des côtes guinéennes
These luminous corals from the Guinean coast
Où s'agitent en vain ces sorciers indigènes
Where these native sorcerers agitate in vain
Qui espèrent encore des avions brisés
Who still hope for broken planes
N'ayant plus rien à perdre
Having nothing left to lose
Ni Dieu en qui croire
Nor God to believe in
Afin qu'ils me rendent mes amours dérisoires
So that they give me back my derisory loves
Moi, comme eux
Me, like them
J'ai prié les cargos de la nuit
I prayed to the freighters of the night
Et je garde cette espérance
And I keep this hope
D'un désastre aérien
From an air disaster
Qui me ramènerait Melody
Who would bring Melody back to me
Mineure détournée
Minor diverted
De l'attraction des astres
From the attraction of the stars
Tu t'appelles comment?
What's your name?
Melody
Melody
Melody comment?
Melody how?
Melody Nelson
Melody Nelson
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