I'm going away | It’s been more than three weeks since I left there

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Sarah Daughtrey, Lucy Zollner

Vou‑me embora

Language: Portuguese (Português)

Our translations: ENG

Já faz mais de três semanas que saí de lá, 
Vou-me embora da cidade, vou-me embora já, 
Quem não sabe quanto sofro ri de minha dor 
Não suporto esta tristeza que é do meu amor.  
Vou-me embora da cidade vou-me embora já. 

Porque se não for eu morro de saudade só chorando sem parar!  
Não suporto esta saudade vou-me embora já 
Vou-me embora da cidade, vou-me embora já 
Porque se não for eu morro de saudade só chorando sem parar!  

Quis fugir ao sofrimento vindo para cá 
Vou-me embora da cidade, vou-me embora já 
Vou-me embora da cidade, vou-me embora já 
Porque se não for eu morro pensando em voltar!

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Vou-me embora" [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 Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907 - 1993), "Vou-me embora", 1948, published 1955 [voice and piano], from Três canções brasileiras, no. 3, São Paulo: Ricordi [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sarah Daughtrey) (Lucy Zollner) , title 1: "I'm going away", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 110

I'm going away

Language: English after the Portuguese (Português)

It’s been more than three weeks since I left there
I’m leaving the city, I’m leaving now.
Who doesn’t know how much I suffer the laughter at my pain
I can’t bear this sadness that is of my love.
I’m leaving the city, I’m leaving now.

Because if not I die of longing just crying without end!
Wanted to escape this suffering coming here
I’m leaving the city, I’m leaving now.
Because if not I die of longing just crying without end!

Wanted to escape this suffering coming here
I’m leaving the city, I’m leaving now.
I’m leaving the city, I’m leaving now.
Because if not I die thinking of going back!

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a text in Portuguese (Português) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Vou-me embora"
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 112