Farewell, Granada! | Farewell, Granada, my Granada

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by Samuil Borisovich Bolotin (1901 - 1970)

Translation © by Tom Kennedy

Прощай, Гренада!

Language: Russian (Русский) after the Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Прощай, Гренада, моя Гренада,
С тобой навеки мне расстаться надо!
Прощай, любимый край, очей услада,
Навек прощай! Ах!
Будет памать о тебе моей
Единственной отрадой
Мой любимый, мой родимый край!
 
Навек мне сердце тоска пронзила,
Погибло всё, что в жизни было мило,
Моя любовь ушла во мрак могилы,
И жизнь ушла! Ах!
И вокруг мне всё постыло,
Жить как прежде, нет уж силы
Там где юность так была светла!

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Text Authorship:

by Samuil Borisovich Bolotin (1901 - 1970) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by José Rizal (1861 - 1896), "Mi ultimo adios"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Прощай, Гренада!", op. 100 no. 1 (1956) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Испанские Песни = Ispanskije Pesni, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Tom Kennedy) , "Farewell, Granada!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Adieu, Grenade !", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Tom Kennedy

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 69

Farewell, Granada!

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Farewell, Granada, my Granada,
I must part from you for ever!
Farewell, beloved land, delight of my eyes,
Farewell for ever! Ah!
Memories of you will be
my only joy
My beloved, my native land! 

Forever my heart will be pierced with sorrow
All is perished, that to my heart was dear
My love has gone into the gloom of the grave
And my life is also gone! Ah!
And around me all is hateful
I have not the strength to live as before,
There, where my youth was so bright!

Text Authorship:

Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2009 by Tom Kennedy, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Samuil Borisovich Bolotin (1901 - 1970) [an adaptation]
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by José Rizal (1861 - 1896), "Mi ultimo adios"
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 91