《Leonardo Dreams Of His Flying Machine》歌词

[00:08:40] Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine…

[00:08:40] Tormented by visions of flight and falling,

[00:08:40] More wondrous and terrible each than the last,

[00:08:40] Master Leonardo imagines an engine

[00:08:40] To carry a man up into the sun…

[00:08:40] And as he’s dreaming the heavens call him,

[00:08:40] “Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare”. (“Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly”.)

[00:08:40] L’uomo colle sua congiegniate e grandi ale,

[00:08:40] facciendo forza contro alla resistente aria.

[00:08:40] (A man with wings large enough and duly connected

[00:08:40] might learn to overcome the resistance of the air.)

[00:08:40] II.

[00:08:40] Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine…

[00:08:40] As the candles burn low he paces and writes,

[00:08:40] Releasing purchased pigeons one by one

[00:08:40] Into the golden Tuscan sunrise…

[00:08:40] And as he dreams, again the calling,

[00:08:40] The very air itself gives voice:

[00:08:40] “Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare”. (“Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly”.)

[00:08:40] Vicina all’elemento del fuoco…

[00:08:40] (Close to the sphere of elemental fire…)

[00:08:40] Scratching quill on crumpled paper,

[00:08:40] Rete, canna, filo, carta.

[00:08:40] (Net, cane, thread, paper.)

[00:08:40] Images of wing and frame and fabric fastened tightly.

[00:08:40] …sulla suprema sottile aria.

[00:08:40] (…in the highest and rarest atmosphere.)

[00:08:40] III.

[00:08:40] Master Leonardo Da Vinci Dreams of his Flying Machine…

[00:08:40] As the midnight watchtower tolls,

[00:08:40] Over rooftop, street and dome,

[00:08:40] The triumph of a human being ascending

[00:08:40] In the dreaming of a mortal man.

[00:08:40] Leonardo steels himself,

[00:08:40] takes one last breath,

[00:08:40] and leaps…