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by George John Whyte-Melville (1821 - 1878)

Translation © by José Miguel Llata

Goodbye!

Language: English

Our translations: JPN SPA

Falling leaf and fading tree,
Lines of white in a sullen sea,
Shadows rising on you and me;
Shadows rising on you and me;
The swallows are making them ready to fly,
Wheeling out on a windy sky.
Goodbye Summer! Goodbye! Goodbye!

Hush! a voice from the far away!
"Listen and learn," it seems to say,
"All the tomorrows shall be as today."
"All the tomorrows shall be as today."
The cord is frayed, the cruse is dry,
The link must break, and the lamp must die --
Goodbye to Hope! Goodbye! Goodbye!

What are we waiting for? Oh, my heart!
Kiss me straight on the brows! and part again!
Again! my heart! my heart! 
What are we waiting for, you and I?
A pleading look, a stifled cry.
Goodbye, forever! Goodbye, forever!
Goodbye! Goodbye! Goodbye!

Note for stanza 2, line 5, word 6: "cruse" is an archaic word for "cup"

Text Authorship:

by George John Whyte-Melville (1821 - 1878) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Goodbye!", also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Francesco Rizzelli (1838 - 1910) ; composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "さようなら！", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "¡Adiós!", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jean Peccei

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 135

¡Adiós!

Language: Spanish (Español) after the English

Hojas caídas y árboles marchitos,
líneas blancas en un mar sombrío.
Sombras que se elevan sobre ti y sobre mí;
Sombras que se elevan sobre ti y sobre mí;
las golondrinas las están preparando para volar,
girando en un cielo ventoso.
¡Adiós verano! ¡Adiós! 

¡Cállate! Una voz a lo lejos 
 parece decir: “escucha y aprende,
todos los mañanas serán como hoy,
todos los mañanas serán como hoy".
El cordón está deshilachado, la vasija está seca, 
el eslabón debe romperse y la lámpara debe apagarse.
¡Adiós a la Esperanza! ¡Adiós!

¿Qué estamos esperando? ¡Oh mi corazón!
¡Bésame directamente en las cejas y parte de nuevo!
¡De nuevo! ¡Mi corazón!
¿Qué estamos esperando tú y yo?
¿Una mirada suplicante, un grito ahogado?
¡Adiós para siempre! 
¡Adiós!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in English by George John Whyte-Melville (1821 - 1878)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-10-05
Line count: 21
Word count: 124