La fanciulla del West de Giacomo Puccini (1)

English: *Description: Page from Giacomo Puccini’s autograph score for La Fanciulla del West Artist: Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Provenance: Unknown Source: Circolo Filatelico G. Puccini http://www.filatelicopuccini.it/opere%20del%20maestro.html (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

L’aria de Dick Jonhson au moment où il a été capturé par le sheriff Rance et qu’il fait face à la corde : Ch’ella mi creda libero e lontano, sopra una nuova via di redenzione!  Voici a description de la romance :

¨Let her think I’am free and far away,

On my way to a fresh start in life!

She’ll wait for me to return.

And the days will crawl by, they’ll crawl by

And … well …I won’t come back …

Minnie, only flower of my life.

Minnie, you who have loved me so dearly!

Ah, you were the only flower in my life!¨

Ne croyez-vous pas que ce genre de romance nous manque beaucoup à notre époque?

Texte en italien

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano,	
Sopra una nuova via di redenzione!	
Aspetterà ch'io torni			
E passeranno i giorni,			
Ed io non tornerò...			
Minnie, della mia vita mio solo fiore,	
Minnie, che m'hai voluto tanto bene!	
Ah! tu della mia vita mio solo fior!

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