A Song of Flight
A Song of Flight è una canzone scritta dal compositore inglese Edward Elgar nel 1895, come sua Op. 31, n. 2, con parole tratte da una poesia di Christina Rossetti.[1]
La canzone fu eseguita per la prima volta dal baritono irlandese Harry Plunket Greene nella St. James's Hall il 2 marzo 1900, insieme a After, Op. 31, n. 1.[1]
Versi
A SONG OF FLIGHT
- While we slumber and sleep
- The sun leaps up from the deep.
- Daylight born at the leap!
- Rapid, dominant, free,
- Athirst to bathe in the uttermost sea.
- While we linger at play,
- If the year would stand at May!
- Winds are up and away
- Over land, over sea,
- To their goal wherever their goal may be.
- It is time to arise
- To race for the promised prize,
- The Sun flies, the Wind flies.
- We are strong, we are free,
- And home lies beyond the stars and the sea.
Note
Bibliografia
- Banfield, Stephen, Sensibility and English Song: Critical studies of the early 20th century (Cambridge University Press, 1985) ISBN 0-521-37944-X
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