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I live no more in the outer world; for me The rose is faded and the wine-cup dry; Not that I fall to vainer apathy, Nor sated with false pleasure, vainly sigh. But having proved the world in all its ways, With sense, with dignity, nor fond nor mad, I find not there a single thing to praise, No, nor a single thing to make me glad. A staggering drunken animal I see, Careering o'er bare mountains and bare plains, Intent upon its own absurdity, And loving pleasure only for its pains; That is the world, ah, friend, let us retire In to the spacious chamber of our mind To sit and talk before the cosy fire And listen to the winter, wailing wind!
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852 - 1923), "The retreat", appears in Musa Verticordia, first published 1904 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909), "The retreat", 1908, published 1909 [high voice and piano], from Four songs, no. 3, also set in French (Français) [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) SPA ; composed by Isaac Albéniz.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "La retraite", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "El retiro", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Alfredo García
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 124
Ya no vivo en el mundo; para mí, la rosa se ha apagado y la copa de vino está seca; no porque caiga en una apatía más vana, o, ahíto de falsos placeres, en vano suspire. Sino porque tras probar el mundo en todas sus facetas, con juicio, con dignidad, ni ingenuo ni irritado, no encuentro en él una sola cosa que elogiar, ni una sola cosa que me haga feliz. Veo un animal borracho que se tambalea, que corre por montañas y llanuras, obstinado en su absurda existencia, y amante del placer sólo por su sufrimiento; ese es el mundo; ¡ah, amigo, retirémonos al amplio espacio de nuestras mentes para hablar, sentados, ante el fuego y escuchar los gemidos del viento invernal!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2008 by Alfredo García, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer (1852 - 1923), "The retreat", appears in Musa Verticordia, first published 1904
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 123