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Va, pensiero is a chorus from the third act of Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi. The lyrics were written by Temistocle Solera and it became an anthem for Italian patriots. Nana Mouskouri made a version in the 1980's. It's inspired by Psalm 137.
[edit] Lyrics
- EBREI
- Va, pensiero, sull'ale dorate;
- va, ti posa sui clivi, sui colli,
- ove olezzano tepide e molli
- l'aure dolci del suolo natal!
- Del Giordano le rive saluta,
- di Sionne le torri atterrate...
- Oh mia patria sì bella e perduta!
- Oh membranza sì cara e fatal!
- Arpa d'or dei fatidici vati,
- perché muta dal salice pendi?
- Le memorie nel petto raccendi,
- ci favella del tempo che fu!
- O simile di Sòlima ai fati
- traggi un suono di crudo lamento,
- o t'ispiri il Signore un concento
- che ne infonda al patire virtù.
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- HEBREWS
- Fly, thoughts, on wings of gold;
- go settle upon the slopes and the hills,
- where, soft and mild,
- the sweet air of our native land smells fragrant!
- Greet the banks of the Jordan
- and Zion's toppled towers.
- Oh, my country so lovely and lost!
- Oh, memory so dear and despairing!
- Golden harp of the prophetic seers,
- why do you hang mute upon the willow?
- Rekindle our heart's memories and
- speak of times gone by!
- Mindful of the fate of Jerusalem,
- either sound a song of sad lamentation,
- or else let the Lord give us
- the strength to bear our sufferings!.
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