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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Blow the wind southerly

(Sung text for setting by D. Shostakovich)

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Language: English

Our translations: CAT FRE

Blow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly;
blow the wind south o'er the bonny blue sea.
Blow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly;
blow, bonny breeze, my lover to me.
They told me last night there were ships in the offing
and I hurried down to the deep rolling sea.
But my eye could not see it, wherever might be it,
the barque that is bearing my lover to me.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Composition:

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich

Eight British and American Folk Songs

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "Bufa el vent cap al sud", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Que le vent souffle du sud", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-07-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 133

Que le vent souffle du sud

(Sung text translation for setting by D. Shostakovich)

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Language: French (Français) after the English

Que le vent souffle du sud, du sud, du sud ;
Que le vent du sud souffle sur la jolie mer bleue.
Que le vent souffle du sud, du sud, du sud ;
Souffle, jolie brise, mon amour vers moi.
Ils m'ont dit, la nuit dernière, qu'il y avait des bateaux au large
Et j'ai couru en bas jusqu'à la mer profonde qui roule.
Mais mon œil ne pouvait pas la voir, où qu'elle pût être,
La barque qui porte mon amour vers moi.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

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Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (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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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 162