swan song

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Calque of German Schwanenlied(from Schwan + Lied) or Schwanengesang; from the belief that the mute swan sings before dying.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: лебедова песен (lebedova pesen) — a final performance
• Catalan: cant del cigne — a final performance
• Chinese Mandarin: 絕唱 /绝唱 (juéchàng) — a final performance
• Chinese Mandarin: 謝幕 /谢幕 (xièmù) — a final performance
• Czech: labutí píseň — a final performance
• Danish: svanesang — a final performance
• Dutch: zwanenzang — a final performance
• Esperanto: cignokanto — a final performance
• Estonian: luigelaul — a final performance
• Finnish: joutsenlaulu — a final performance
• French: chant du cygne — a final performance
• German: Schwanengesang — a final performance
• Greek: κύκνειο άσμα (kýkneio ásma) — a final performance
• Hebrew: שירת הברבור — a final performance
• Hungarian: hattyúdal — a final performance
• Icelandic: svanasöngur — a final performance
• Italian: canto del cigno — a final performance
• Japanese: 絶唱 (zesshou) — a final performance
• Korean: 절창 (jeolchang) — a final performance
• Norwegian Bokmål: svanesang — a final performance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svanesong — a final performance
• Pannonian Rusyn: лебедова писня (lebedova pisnja) — a final performance
• Polish: łabędzi śpiew — a final performance
• Portuguese: canto do cisne — a final performance
• Portuguese: canto de cisne — a final performance
• Portuguese: canção do cisne — a final performance
• Portuguese: canção de cisne — a final performance
• Romanian: cântecul lebedei — a final performance
• Russian: лебеди́ная пе́сня (lebedínaja pésnja) — a final performance
• Northern Sami: svanesång — a final performance
• Spanish: canto del cisne — a final performance
• Swedish: svanesång — a final performance