Zinka Milanov: Verdi - Il Trovatore, 'Tacea la notte placida'

Zinka Milanov (Croatian pronunciation: [zîːŋka milǎnɔv̞]) (May 17, 1906 – May 30, 1989) was a Croatian-born operatic spinto soprano who had a major career centred on the New York Metropolitan Opera... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinka_M...


Lyrics & English Translation

The night was still and quiet
and beautiful in the terse sky
the silvery moon
showed her glad and full face...
Suddenly the stillness of the night
was broken by
weal and sweet harmony -
the notes of a lute -
(and a troubador sang a melancholy song.)
Those verses were humble like the invocation
of a man praying to God.
(In that song a name was constantly repeated...mine!...)
So I rushed to the balcony...
It was him! It was him!...
I felt the joy that only angels
are allowed to feel!...
To my heart, to my blissful glance,
the earth seemed like Paradise.


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