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About 'Di quella pira from Il Trovatore' | |
Artist: |
Verdi, Giuseppe (biography) |
Born: | October 10, 1813
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Died: | January 27, 1901
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The Artist: | Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 - January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. A composer of romantic music, his work was already very popular during his lifetime and remains so today. |
Composed: | 1853 |
Info: LYRICS Manrico: Di quella pira l'orrendo foco Tutte le fibre m'arse avvampò!... Empi spegnetela, o ch'io tra poco Col sangue vostro la spegnerò... Era già figlio prima d'amarti Non può frenarmi il tuo martir. Madre infelice, corro a salvarti, O teco almeno corro a morir! Leonora: Non reggo a colpi tanto funesti... Oh quanto meglio sarìa morir! Ruiz, Chorus of soldiers: All'armi, all'armi! eccone presti A pugnar teco, teco a morir. TRANSLATION Manrico: Of that dark scaffold, those flames ascending, Thrill thro' each fibre with madd'ning glow! Quench them, ye monsters vile or, still offending, To stay their fury, your blood shall flow! I was her offspring, ere love I gave thee, I vain, to hold me, thy griefs would try. Mother unhappy! I fly to save thee, Or, all else failing, with thee to die! Leonora: Such heavy sorrows my heart o'erpow'ring. Oh! better far would it be to die! Ruiz, Chorus of soldiers: Arouse ye to arms now! The foe we will defy! |