Catalan (Català) translations of Garland of Songs, opus 64

by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927)

1. 'Tis the last rose of summer  [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "'Tis the last rose of summer", op. 64 (Garland of Songs), Heft 1 no. 5
Language: English 
'Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flow'r of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh.

I'll not leave thee, thou lone one,
To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them;
Thus kindly I scatter
Thy leaves o'er [thy bed,
Where]1 thy mates of the garden
Lie [scentless]2 and dead.

So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
And from Love's shining circle
The gems drop away!
When true hearts lie wither'd.
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?

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1 Britten: "the bed/ Where"
2 Britten: "senseless"

by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
1. És la darrera rosa de l’estiu
Language: Catalan (Català) 
És la darrera rosa de l’estiu
que resta florint tota sola;
totes les seves formoses companyes
s’han marcit i desaparegut;
cap flor de la seva espècie,
cap poncella de rosa al voltant
per reflectir la seva vermellor
o retre sospir per sospir.

No et deixaré pas, a tu, solitària,
llanguir a la tija;
puix que les formoses dormen,
vés a dormir amb elles;
així doncs escampo
les teves fulles damunt el llit
on les teves companyes del jardí
reposen inconscients i mortes.

Potser ben aviat et seguiré
quan les amistats es perdin,
i del brillant cercle de l’amor
els joiells es desprenguin!
Quan els cors fidels resten marcits
i els estimats han desaparegut,
ai! Qui voldria viure sol
en aquest món desolat?

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Translations of titles:
"The last rose of summer" = "La darrera rosa de l’estiu"
"'Tis the last rose of summer" = "És la darrera rosa de l’estiu"



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Translation © by Salvador Pila
2. Sun of the sleepless  [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "Sun of the sleepless", op. 64 (Garland of Songs), Heft 2 no. 12 (1906)
Language: English 
Sun of the sleepless! melancholy star!
Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far!
That show'st the darkness thou canst not dispel,
How like art thou to joy remember'd well!
So gleams the past, the light of other days,
Which shines, but warms not with its powerless rays;
A nightbeam Sorrow watcheth to behold,
Distinct, but distant - clear - but, oh how cold!

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by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
2. Sol dels insomnes
Language: Catalan (Català) 
Sol dels insomnes, melangiós estel!
Amb els teus raigs llagrimosos, immensament lluny,
que il•lumines la foscúria però no la pots dissipar,
oh, com t’assembles als records de la felicitat!
Així de fa temps resplendeix la llum de dies passats:
brilla, però el seu feble besllum no escalfa,
la presència aèria fa refulgir la tristor que vetlla,
lluminosa, però llunyana, clara, però ai, que freda!

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Translations of title(s):
"Hymn to the evening star" = "Himne a l'estel del capvespre"
"Sun of the sleepless" = "Sol dels insomnes"
"The evening star" = "L'estel del capvespre"



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Word count: 64

Translation © by Salvador Pila