Seasons in the Sun

"Seasons in the Sun" ni toleo la Kiingereza la wimbo wa  "Le Moribond"  ulioimbwa na mwanamuziki wa Ubelgiji, na mtunzi wa nyimbo Jacques Brel "My first experience with Brel (...in 1964...) consisted of doing an unauthorized adaptation of 'Le Moribund'(...written by Brel for the singer Jean Sablon...), which I called 'Seasons in the Sun'...I subsequently learned that Brel had received my recording...," liner notes from Rod McKuen Sings Rod McKuen, Jacques Brel Songbook, April 2000, posted at Rod McKuen - Flight Plan. 'Rod's gift to his many fans', maintained by Stanyan Music Group, of Hollywood CA .Accessed: 12 September, 2009.. Ulikuwa wimbo bora wa mwaka 1974, kwa Terry Jacks na ilikuwa wimbo bora wa Krismasi nchini Uingereza, kwa mwaka 1999, ambapo ulifanikiwa kushika nafasi ya kwanza, lakini wakati huu ulikuwa ukitoka katika kundi la Westlife

Toleo la Jck, lilitoka katika nchi za Marekani na Canada mapema mwaka huo, na kufanikiwa kufika hadi nafasi ya kwanza nchini Marekani, hii ikiwa ni tarehe 2 ya mwezi  Machi. Wanamuziki mbalimbali wameshatoa wimbo huu kwa mara ya pili kama vile
The Kingston Trio, Kundi la nchini Uingereza,  The Fortunes mwaka 1968 na kundi la  Pearls Before Swine (band)mwaka n 1970/71.  

Historia
Wimbo huu ulirekodiwa kwa mara ya pili katika  Vancouver, BC ambapo ulirekodiwa n a Jacks na mke wa kipindi hicho aliyekuwa aakiitwa  Susan Jacks. Muda mfupi kabla ya ndoa yao kuvunjika. Wakati kundi la walipoamua kuacha kurekodi wimbo huo, Terry na Susan waliamua kurekodi wimbo huu wenyewe na kuutoa chini ya jina la  Terry.
Jacks alitoa wimbo huo, katika stuio yake mwenyewe, na muda mfupi baadae iifanikiwa kushika nafasi ya kwanza katia chati mbalimbali za muziki nchini Marekani (ambapo ilitolewa katika studio za  [[Bell Records (1950-70), Pia ilitolewa nchini  Canada na Uingreza. Ilifanikiwa kuuza nakala zaidi ya milioni sita  dunia nzima.

Liganisho la Matoleo
Hili ni toleo lililotafiriwa na kupelekwa katika kiingereza, kutoka katika wimbo wa asili uliotungwa na  Jacques Brel:

Good-bye, my wife, I loved you well 
Good-bye, my wife, I loved you well, you know,
But I'm taking the train for the Good Lord,
I'm taking the train before yours
But you take whatever train you can;
Goodbye, my wife, I'm going to die,
It's hard to die in springtime, you know,
But I'm leaving for the flowers with my eyes closed, my wife,
Because I closed them so often,
I know you will take care of my soul.

("eyes closed" ikimaanisha kufunga macho yake kutokana na mkewe, kutokuwa mwaminifu, na katika shahiri linalofuatia, anamwambia kwa kwaheri mpenzi wa mke wake Antoine Antoine). 

Terry Jacks anatoa ubeti wa tatu na wa nne, na kuongeza ubeti wake mwenyewe, ambao unaufanya wimbo huu kuweza kumaanisha kuimbiwa kwa mototo wa kike au rafiki.

Goodbye, Michelle, my little one,
You gave me love and helped me find the sun,
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground;
Goodbye, Michelle, it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air,
Whiff of flowers everywhere,
I wish that we could both be there!

Matoleo mengine

Tofauti na matoleo hapo yaliorodheshwa ahapo juu, kumekuwa na matoleo kadhaa ya wanamuziki kurudia wimbo huu kama vile. 
Bendi ya Sweden ya dansband inayojulikana kama Vikingarna  walirudia wimbo huu katika Kiswideni mwaka 1974 ambapo uliitwa "Sommar varje dag". Wimbo huu pia umesharudiwa na makundi anuai kama vile kundi la  Spell  Bad Religion, Too Much Joy, Black Box Recorder, Nirvana, Indochine, Pearls Before Swine, Alcazar, Me First na the Gimme Gimmes, Westlife, katika albamu yao ya pili, kundi la  Gob akishirikiana na Blink 182. Mwaka 2006, kundi la BoyTown lilirudia wimbo huu kwa ajili ya filamu yenye jina hilo hilo. Ambapo wimbo huu unaimbwa mwishoni na wasanii wote watano katika filamu hii.

Toleo la Kingston Trio linatoa beti la tatu kutoka katika wimbo wa asili na kuweka beti hili. 

Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife, without you I'd have had a lonely life.
You cheated lots of times but then, I forgave you in the end though your lover was my friend.
Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die when all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that spring is in the air
With your lovers ev'rywhere; just be careful, I'll be there.

Toleo la Westlife wimbo huu upo katika albamu yao inayoitwa jina lao wenyewe yaani albamu ya Westlife  ambapo wimbo huu upo katika upande A pamoja na wimbo wa I Have A Dreamwimbo ambao ulikuwa wimbo wa kwanza katika nyimbo za Krismasi kwa mwaka 1999, na kuendelea kushika nafasi hiyo hadi wiki ya kwanza ya mwaka 2000
Toleo la Bobby Wright na Kitty Wells, lilifanikiwa kufika nafasi ya 40, katika chati ya  Billboard magazine Country Singles ya nwaka 1974.
Wimbo uliotolewa zaidi unaweza ukawa ule uliotolewa katika eneo la Manchester uliokuwa ukikaribia kufanana na toleo la  Coachmen ulirekodiwa katika studio za AMEI Abbey Raod Studio mwezi Julai mwaka 1966, na kutolewa katika Columbia DB8057 mwezi Novemba 1966. Wimbo huu ulitumika na kundi la Shabba Ranks na Crystal katika wimbo wao wenye miondoko ya Rege  "Twice My Age",  na kuweka maneno haya katika kiitio, ambapo  kiitikio kiliimbwa na Crystal:

I'm in love with a man, nearly twice my age,
Don't know what it is, but its a hit from me youthful days,
As I go my way, I don't care what people say,
I'm in love with a man, nearly twice my age!

Pia kuna toleo kwa lugha ya Kijerumani linaloitwa Adieu Emile lililoimbwa na by Klaus Hoffmann na kutolewa mwaka 1975. Mashairi  ya toleo hili, yanaonekana kukaribia kufanana na yale katika toleo la Kifaransa, lakini midundo katika toleo hili inaonekana kutofautiana kidogo..

Halikadhalika mwimbaji wa nchini Italia anayeitwa Roberto Vecchioni alirekodi wimbo huu katika lugha kigiriki uloitwa  "Stagioni nel sole" katika albamu yake ya mwaka 2005 iloitwa  Il Contastorie''. 

Kundi la Beirut walirudia wimbo huu na kuiita  "Le Moribond"  na wameshawahi kuuimba moja kwa moja katika maonesho mbalimbali. Toleo la KEXP ulirekodiwa pamoja na  "My Family's Role in the World Revolution" ukiwa wimbo wa tatu  katika albamu ya  Elephant Gun EP. Beirut ipoimba katika lugha ya kifaransa.
alirudia wimbo huu lakini kwa kufuata mashari na miondoko ya wimbo wa asili wa  Jacques Brel 

Viungo vya Nje
 Seasons in the Sun at Super Seventies.
 "Goodbye, Papa, It's Hard to Die: The enduring appeal of an abominable pop song" (Slate.com, March 16, 2005)
 comments by Rod McKuen  on the song's origins.
 Brel sings Le Moribond.
 "Seasons In The Sun" - Westlife Official Music video

Mrejeo

Jamii:Nyimbo za 1961
Jamii:Nyimbo za 1974
Jamii:Nyimbo za 1999
Jamii:Nyimbo za Westlife