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スリコＳＵＬＩＫＯ

【作詞】ア・ツェレテリAkaki Tsereteli
【作曲】グルジア民謡 ヴェ・ツェレテリ
【訳詞】井上　頼豊

１．心もうつろに　あてもなくさまよう
　　あの子は何処へ　行ったやら
　　いとおしいスリコ

２．夕べの城あとに　みなし子らあそぶ
　　どこかにスリコが　いやせぬか
　　忘れられぬスリコ

３．森のうぐいすに　私は呼びかけた
　　「おまえは知らぬか　うぐいすよ
　　　スリコの墓を」

４．やさしいうぐいすは　私にささやいた
　　「あなたの立ってる　その土が
　　　スリコの墓よ」

In vain I sought my loved one's grave;
Despair plunged me in deepest woe.
Scarce holding back the sobs I cried:
"O where art thou, my Suliko?"

In solitude upon a bush
A dew-decked rose swayed to and fro.
With downcast eyes I softly asked:
"Perchance 'tis thou, O Suliko?"

The flower trembled in assent
As low it bent its lovely head;
Upon its blushing cheek there shone
Dew that the morning skies had shed.

Midst rustling leaves a nightingale
Was singing to the rose below;
I hailed the bird and gently asked:
"Perchance, 'tis thou, O Suliko?"

The songster fluttered nearer to
The rose, and on it pressed a kiss,
Disburdening its soul in song
That breathed of ecstasy and bliss.

A twinkling star shed shimm'ring light
Upon me in a silver glow;
I turned to it and whispered low:
"Prechance 'tis thou, O Suliko?"

As I gazed on the star that shone
In light that glimmered bright and clear,
A passing breeze came blowing by
And stopped to whisper in my ear.

"What thou seekest is found at last;
Henceforth thy heart but calm will know;
The night will bring thee sweet repose,
And day will chase away thy woe.

"Thy Suliko was changed into
A nightingale, a star and rose;
Your souls that true love bound as one
To realms divine in heavens rose."

I seek no more my loved one's grave,
No more do I in sorrow weep;
The world no longer hears me sigh
Nor sees me drowned in anguish deep.

None can express the joy I feel
To hear the nightingale from far,
To breathe fragrance of the rose
And gaze upon the shining star.

O happy am I once again;
No more am I oppressed by woe
I seek no tomb, for now I see
Thy dwellings three, my Suliko!"

＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾＾
I was looking for my sweetheart's grave,
And longing was tearing my heart.
Without love my heart felt heavy -
Where are you, my Suliko?

Among fragrant roses, in the shadow,
Brightly a nightingale sang his song.
There I asked the nightingale
Where he had hidden Suliko.

Suddenly the nightingale fell silent
And softly touched the rose with the beak:
"You have found what you are looking for", he said,
In an eternal sleep Suliko is resting here."

グルジア　Republic of Georgia　黒海とカピス海にはさまれた場所に位置する旧ソ連邦のメンバー。グルジアが何でジョージアなんでしょうね。レイチャールスの歌みたいですね。
作詞のAkaki Tsereteli は1840年にSkhvitori村で生まれ、1915年に没しております。モスクワで勉学に励んだ、グルジアの生んだ偉大なる詩人だそうであります。
さて、困った、これ以上を書くための資料がありません。