I vidi in terra angelici costumi - Diana Damrau, Helmut Deutsch, Ференц Лист

I' vidi in terra angelici costumi

E celesti bellezze al mondo sole;

Tal che di rimembrar mi giova, e dole:

Che quant’io miro, par sogni, ombre, e fumi

E vidi lagrimar que' duo bei lumi

Ch’han fatto mille volte invidia al sole;

Ed udì' sospirando dir parole

Che farian gir i monti, e stare i fiumi

Amor!

senno!

valor, pietate, e doglia

Facean piangendo un più dolce concento

D’ogni altro, che nel mondo udir si soglia

Ed era 'l cielo all’armonia s’intento

Che non si vedea in ramo mover foglia

Tanta dolcezza avea pien l’aer e 'l vento

I saw angelic costumes on earth

And heavenly beauties in the sun world;

So much so that it helps me to remember, and it hurts:

What I aim for, seems like dreams, shadows, and smokes

And I saw those two beautiful lights weep

Who have made the sun a thousand times envy;

And he heard sighing words

Let the mountains turn and the rivers stand

Love!

hindsight!

valor, pity, and sorrow

Weeping a sweeter concentration

Of every other, that in the world hearing is threshold

And it was heaven for harmony

Which was not seen in the leaf mover branch

So much sweetness had filled the air and the wind