Verdi: La traviata / Act II - "Di Provenza il mar, il suol" - Sherrill Milnes, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber

Di Provenza il mar, il suol — chi dal cor ti cancello?

Al natio fulgente sol — qual destino ti furò?

Oh, rammenta pur nel duol — ch’ivi gioia a te brillò;

E che pace colà sol — su te splendere ancor può

Dio mi guidò!

Ah!

il tuo vecchio genitor — tu non sai quanto soffrì

Te lontano, di squallor il suo tetto si coprì

Ma se alfin ti trovo ancor, — se in me speme non fallì

Se la voce dell’onor — in te appien non ammutì

Dio m’esaudì!

Of Provence the sea, the soil - who deletes you from the heart?

To the bright native sun - what fate did I take from you?

Oh, remember even in the grief - that your joy shone in you;

And what peace there alone - on you it can still shine

God guided me!

Ah!

your old parent - you don't know how much he suffered

Far away, his roof covered him with squalor

But if at last I still find you, - if in me hope it did not fail

If the voice of honor - in te appien was not muted

God fulfilled me!