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The Enchanted Island: The Libretto
THE MET: LIVE IN HD THE ENCHANTED ISLAND POST-SHOW DISCUSSION The Enchanted Island: The Libretto Text 1 Mother, my blood is freezing, Mother, my brain is burning. Turning and then re-turning From heat to ice to fire. Text 2 I can conjure you fire from the heavens, I can conjure you fire from the heavens. I can make you a lake full of flowers. Master, you’ll be amazed at my pow’rs. Say whatever you want me to do. I can light up the sky with a rainbow, I’ll delight you with lightning and thunder, I’ll amaze you with wonder on wonder. And they’re all of them learned from you. I can conjure you fire from the heavens Or what-e’er you desire from the heavens. Simply say what you wish me to do, And my master, I’ll do it for you. 30 THE MET: LIVE IN HD THE ENCHANTED ISLAND POST-SHOW DISCUSSION The Enchanted Island: Original Text TEXT A—FROM HANDEL’S “UN PENSIERO NEMICO DI PACE” Italian Translation Un pensiero nemico di pace fece il Tempo volubile edace, e con l’ali la falce gli diè. A thought, inimical to peace Made time fickle and greedy And with its wings, gave him a sickle. TEXT B—FROM VIVALDI’S “GELIDO IN OGNI VENA” Italian Translation Gelido in ogni vena Scorrer mi sen to il sangue L’ombra del figlio esangue M’ingombra di terror. Icy, in every vein I feel my blood flowing . The Ghost of my dead son, And it fills me with terror. 31