Music: "Una Furtiva Lagrima"
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Artist: Waldo de los Rios
This composition is just so haunting that it could linger in your mind for sometime after hearing it.
This music is part of my iPod's relaxation playlist. I heard it again earlier today (6March2010) while watching the movie, Two Lovers, starring Joaquin Phoenix & Gwyneth Paltrow.
Beautiful music deserves to be heard and I'm glad to post this in my channel.
Versions of famous tenors such Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, and Pavarotti have been previously posted.
This version by Waldo de los Rios, might not be as famous as those by widely known tenors, but I like it nevertheless.
Enjoy!
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The aria "Una Furtiva Lagrima" is from Act II, Scene VIII of the 1832 Italian opera, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti.
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[ Lyrics from Wikipedia ]
(Italian)
Una furtiva lagrima
negli occhi suoi spuntò:
Quelle festose giovani
invidiar sembrò.
Che più cercando io vo?
Che più cercando io vo?
M'ama! Sì, m'ama, lo vedo. Lo vedo.
Un solo instante i palpiti
del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir, confondere
per poco a' suoi sospir!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir,
confondere i miei coi suoi sospir...
Cielo! Si può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Ah, cielo! Si può! Si, può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Si può morire! Si può morir d'amor
(English)
One furtive secret tear
from her eyes did spring:
as if those youths who can be playful
it ( or she ) seemed to be envious of.
What more searching do I want?
What more searching do I want?
She loves me! Yes, she loves me, I see it. I see it.
Just for an instant the beats
of her beautiful heart if I could feel!
My sighs if they were mingled
for a while with her sighs!
The beats, the beats of her heart if I could feel,
to fuse my sighs with hers...
Heavens! Yes, I could die!
I ask for nothing more, nothing.
Oh, heavens! Yes, I could, I could die!
I ask for nothing more, nothing.
Yes, I could die! Yes, I could die of love....
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