I don't know if anyone will like these since opera is not very popular, but they're very touching and dear to me so I'll share them.
Since the lyrics are Italian, here's the English translation:
'They killed my mother
At the door of my room;
She died and saved me.
Later, in the dead of night
I was wandering with Bersi
When suddenly
A pale glow flashes
And it lightens ahead of me
The dark street
I look,
My home was burning!
So I was alone.
And all around me, nothing.
Hunger and misery,
Deprivation, danger.
I fell ill,
And Bersi, so good and pure
Made a market of her beauty
For my sake -
I bring misfortune to all those who loves me!
It was in that grief
That love came to me!
A voice full of harmony and it says:
'You have to live! I am the life itself!
Your heaven is in my eyes
You're not alone.
I'll collect all your tears,
I'll walk with you and support you,
Smile and hope, I am love!
Are you surrounded by blood and mud?
I am divine, I am oblivion.
I'm the God that descends on Earth
From the Empyrean, I turn Earth
Into heaven, Ah!
I'm love, I'm love, love
And the angel approaches with a kiss
And the Death is kissing you.
My body is a dying body.
So take it
I've already died!'
This comes from the opera' la traviata' by Giuseppe verdi. Singing Anna Netrebko.
"Farewell, happy dreams of the past,
The roses in my cheeks are already pallescent;
I'm also missing Alfredo's love
Comfort, support for my tired soul
Oh, smile at the desire of the forsaken woman;
To her, oh, grant forgiveness; welcome her, O God,
Now it is all over.
Joys, sorrows will end in a short time,
The tomb is the end of everything for mortals.
My grave will have no tear or flower,
No cross with a name that covers these bones.
Oh, smile at the desire of the forsaken woman;
To her, oh, grant forgiveness; welcome her, O God,
Now it is all over."
The lyrics are so beautiful and universal. People can still relate to them (at least they mean a lot to me) in spite of being composed two centuries ago. I hope classical music will never die. Plus Anna Netrebko is beautiful, triggers my bisexuality lol.