Malèna - L'Autunno (Autumn)
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Malèna (2000)set to Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni) : Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'Autunno" (Autumn) , III. Allegro (1725)
Sonnet Text + Italian/ English Translation:
Celebra il Vilanel con balli e Canti - Celebrates the peasant, with songs and dances,
Del felice raccolto il bel piacere - The pleasure of a bountiful harvest.
E del liquor de Bacco accesi tanti - And fired up by Bacchus' liquor,
Finiscono col Sonno il lor godere. - many end their revelry in sleep.
Fà ch' ogn' uno tralasci e balli e canti -Everyone is made to forget their cares and to sing and dance
L' aria che temperata dà piacere, - By the air which is tempered with pleasure
E la Staggion ch' invita tanti e tanti-And (by) the season that invites so many, many
D' un dolcissimo Sonno al bel godere.- Out of their sweetest slumber to fine enjoyment
cacciator alla nov' alba à caccia -The hunters emerge at the ne