Dearest Ana,
I can't begin to put into words what I feel for you, my love. Know that I will always love you.
You must have realised that between us, things could never have worked. I mean, think about it… a bloody pirate and a meek lady… that's not to say I didn't want it to. We had fun together, didn't we? These last six months have been really swell, but maybe it was better when we were just friends… after all, it had been like that for years before we messed it up.
I remember the first time I saw you, on those docks when you were thirteen, and when I was a cabin boy… I don't know why I came over to you… I just had to. You looked so pretty. I was quite amazed when we hit it off straight away. You know I always came to see you when I was in Nassau Port.
The years passed really quickly and I became a Captain of the most feared ship in the Spanish Main. You grew into a stunning, gorgeous, fine young woman. Against all odds our friendship lasted. Then, on that wet night when you snuck away with me to the Pearl, I felt something else for you. Yes, I was keen on you… perhaps my mistake was hiding that emotion.
Then, on that drunken night in Tortuga, the one when we kissed, I have to admit I had fallen for you. You were so lusty in your looks and mind.
When you agreed to get together with me I don't think I've ever been so happy. But I see now it was a mistake. I love you, and you care for me, but I am going on a dangerous trip to the Isle De Muerta. I can't risk your life. So I leave you here in Tortuga, with this letter and my golden sparrow. I'm going to the Pearl now, and I'll be gone by the time you awake, my love.
I know what you are thinking… will I always love you? Will I go with other women? I can't answer that right now. I don't know. I can't stop my feelings. I only wish that things had been a little different, so that we could have married. But I'm not like that… and it really isn't you, it's me. I'm a pirate, and we don't do things that way.
Maybe we'll meet in another time, another place, so that it will work. I really do love you, and I know I will come to regret this decision. But I can't risk you.
Je vous aurais aimé à jamais, si seulement le sort aurait permis il.
Don't dwell on me, Ana. Find someone and marry them. Be happy.
Always yours,
Captain Jack Sparrow
C'est le Capitaine Jack Sparrow