The last rose in summer still blooms alone.
All its lovely companions withered and died.
There is no longer a flower to accompany it,
Reflect its blushing face, sigh with it and be sad with it.
I don't want to see you continue to suffer and stay alone on the branch.
May you follow your companions and sleep together.
I gently spread your fragrant petals on the flower bed,
Let you and your dear companions die in the loess.
When the lover's gold ring loses its jewel-like light.
When that precious friendship withers, I am willing to go with you.
When the loyal heart is exhausted, when the beloved person dies,
Who wants to live alone in this desolate world?
This lyrical, euphemistic and slightly sad Irish song is one of the favorite songs of many sopranos in the world. Thomas Moore (1779 ~ 1852) is a lyricist and melody arranger,/kloc-an outstanding Irish poet and singer in the 9th century, and the author of the famous Irish Songs Collection. He loves the folk poetry and music of his motherland. In his own creation, he not only used the image in the poem, but also used its melody and rhythm. Each of his Irish songs is based on a famous folk tune. The Last Rose in Summer was adapted by Moore from Millikan's song Britney Spears Jungle. Britney Spears Jungle is from an old folk song, Young People's Dreams. This beautiful and moving melody inspired the composer, and Beethoven once adapted and included it in twenty Irish songs. Mendelssohn also used it to write a piano fantasia (Op. 15). Especially after the German composer Flothow used it in the opera Marta, it spread more widely. In the opera, this song arranged such a plot in the second act: harriet, a villager named Marta, who fell in love with the job market, stole a rose with him and asked her to sing a song before returning it to her, so Marta sang the last rose in summer.