Va, pensiero
The song Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate ( " Fly, thought, sustained by longing ", also known as Prisoners' Chorus or freedom choir called ) is a choral work from the third act of the opera Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Temistocle Solera, who took Psalm 137 for example. The choir of the Hebrews, who are trapped in Babylonia, laments the distant homeland and God calls for help. The choir is considered the most famous of all Verdi choruses.
Creation and reception
After Verdi's own statements, he suggested looking for a new opera material the libretto of Nabucco randomly on the Va, pensiero page and immediately decided to add sound to this substance. The intensity of the music, the patriotic connotations and political proximity to the Risorgimento made the choir into one of the most popular Verdi compositions at all and not insignificantly contributed to the success of Nabucco premiered in March 1842 at.
Text
Va, pensiero, sull'ali 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 ... O mia patria sì bella e perduta! O membranza sì cara e fatal! Arpa d'or dei fatidici dad, perché muta dal salice Pendi? Le memorie nel petto riaccendi, ci favella del tempo che fu! O simile di Solima ai fati traggi un suono di crudo lament, o t'ispiri il Signore un concento che ne infonda al Patire virtù.
Suspended ' out thought you, of all golden wings Make haste to the remote, expensive beach, Where softly and mild, umduftend valley and hills The free air greeted my country. Dwell in Zion cheeky desecrated Thoren, And walle shut to the Jordan - shore; O magically beautiful home, lost to me! O painfully sweet remembrance you. You hang mute, golden harp on the willows, You, who once beat the prophetic seer; sing us of the time when away from suffering The bondage chains Judas people did not wear. But you want to mourn, oh! then sing softly From the fall of Jerusalem, of unsrem pain; Perhaps the Lord teaches you the Liedesweise, The force for toleration flows into our hearts.
Adaptation
Published in 1997 by the Italian pop musician Zucchero, a contemporary adaptation of " Va, pensiero " as a single. The song ranked number 17 among others, in the Austrian and No. 19 in the Swiss charts.