Another version of the most famous of mandos:
TORQUATO DE FIGUEIREDO (1876-1948)
1. Adeus kortso vellu pauta
Ai, mujem kallizo fapsota
Dispidiro korcha vella
O sonsar bongum maka dista
2. Forsan adeus tuka kortam
Fugar zaun dukany'm aum-um rorhtam
Zaite martiry re bogitam
Ankvarponn tukach re bettoitam
3 Sogleam amigam' sanddunum
Vota tum furtunom sodunko
Tuji fel'cidade tsouchako
Utrikeany'm rabot'm mum re aum-um
Voso vos re rorhum' naka
Deu-u feliz kortol' tuka
Saxtti elisions: dukanim, amigank, felecidade, utrikeanim [atreganim],
rabotam, rorhunk, kortolo
1. The moment of farewell approaches. Oh, my heart suffocates! At the time
of farewell, I lose all hope in life.
2. I force myself to utter the parting words. Stifled, I melt into tears. I
suffer so many agonies! To you alone I dedicate my virgin life.
3. You are leaving your friends behind you, and going in search of fortune.
I wait with yearning to see your happubess.
Go, go dear, and do not cry! God will make you happy!
