Sunday, March 15, 2020

Ritornati dal passato - Italian Cantatas in Times of Coronavirus





The last days, to the news that coming from Italy, amongst others we see several Italians in the cities of Naples, Sienna and Rome singing anthems and patriotic songs from their balconies.

So, lets see of two of them in English. 



 
First one is the English translation of Italian hymn :

Brothers of Italy,
Italy has awakened;
Scipio's helmet
she has put on her head.
Where is the Victory?
Offer her the hair;
because slave of Rome
God created her.
Chorus:
Let us unite!
We are ready to die;
Italy called.
 
We have been for centuries
stamped on, and laughed at,
because we are not one people,
because we are divided.
Let's unite under
one flag, one dream;
To melt together
Already the time has come.
 
Let's unite, let's love;
The union and the love
Reveal to the people
God's ways.
We swear to liberate
the native soil:
United, for God,
Who can beat us?
 
From the Alps to Sicily,
Everywhere is Legnano;
Every man of Ferruccio
has the heart and the hand;
the children of Italy
are called Balilla;
The sound of every church bell
calling for evening prayers.
 
They are branches that bend
the sold swords;
Already the eagle of Austria
has lost its feathers.
the blood of Italy
and the Polish blood
Drank with Cossacks
But its heart was burnt.

 MORE INFO : HERE
 



 Second one is a new set of lyrics written on the anthem of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies
The original anthem is INNO AL RE. The title of the newer lyrics below is

BACK FROM THE PAST

 Let God save you, dear homeland 
that stretches out in this ancient sea of hero
cradle of thought
that, born in Greece
in this land flourished anew
Erased from history
we are once again flying your flags
On the sacred towers of Gaeta
we write again the word: Dignity.

Soldier of the Volturno
you that fell here,
no one for a hundred years
has engraved your name.
The children you never knew
will return honour to you.
 
Back from the past,
those who believe in us this time will win
Go ahead, drummer,
beat like you once did
without luck
but not without courage
Fate that betrayed us
now reunites us.
 
Back from the past
those who believe in us
this time will win.

   MORE INFO HERE


1 comment:

  1. Coronavirus pandemic proofs that Europe should have closed and control their borders long time ago. Unfortunately many European countries, mostly Western suffer from it's open borders policy, while a lot of Whites are dying due to coronavirus.

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