L'emigrant [English translation]

Sweet Catalonia,

Motherland of my heart:

When one goes far away from you,

One dies of longing.

Goodbye, my brothers;

Goodbye, my dear father,

I shall not see you ever again!

Oh, if in the cemetery

Where my sweet mother is resting,

I could have my bed!

Nowhere else shall I see

The beautiful cathedral

Of Barcelona city!

I say, as I weep,

To both forests and rivers:

Farewell, Godspeed!

Oh sailors;

This wind, which drives my exile,

Makes me suffer so much!

I am ill

Yet, oh! Take me back to land,

For I want to die there!

Sweet Catalonia,

Motherland of my heart:

When one goes far away from you,

One dies of longing.