Song lyric translation

Question

Hello and buenos días a todos.

I am translating the lyrics of the song Mi Nombre Será Leyenda by the band Tierra Santa into English, and there is a line I am having trouble understanding:

"Y contarán de como arranqué mil vidas sin dudar

luchando de la muerte me serví"

My first attempt to translate this is

"And they will tell the story of how I took a thousand lives without hesitation

fighting to make use of death"

I think I got the first part right but not the second part. Any help is greatly appreciated.

¡Muchas gracias!

Answer 1

I would translate it as "Fighting to the death to help myself"

Thank you! - jedi5384, Aug 4, 2013