GiuseppeVerdi (music)
Temistocle Solera (lyrics)
One of the most famous choruses in opera, from the opera "Nabucco" (1842). The text is inspired by Psalm 137. It is the song of the Jews deported to Babylon. And more generally, the song of all the oppressed.
Information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Va,_pensiero
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Va,_pensiero
https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=40366&lang=it (Contains versions of the song in various languages: Greek, English, Spanish, French, German, Esperanto, Dutch, Russian, Portuguese, Romanian, Macedonian, Catalan, Finnish, Turkish)
https://youtu.be/oPy_HwOtumU?si=u9ZJ46RqMWt0mIB5
Arena di Verona
https://youtu.be/D4T2rlNXyJ8?si=x7KBgNfHgPogsxAU
La Fabrique Opéra Val de Loire
https://youtu.be/FjCpL70aOCU?si=MvLSQ5--5okV5KjB
Zubin Metha
https://youtu.be/uDPsbNCtruU?si=bg2gJ5ila0x3FAk6
Deutsche Oper Berlin
https://youtu.be/iW0XBrhe9ZQ?si=JTMfEHblaYm12kLY
Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
https://youtu.be/h4cEcW8opSY?si=6L4HJurmrpO8Qy6X
Special version en español
https://youtu.be/j3fKj_0EpSk?si=J4f9tArB41fgcimz
Va, pensiero
Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate;
va, ti posa sui clivi, sui colli,
ove olezzano tepide e molli
l'aure dolci del suolo natal!
Del Giordano le rive saluta,
di Sionne le torri atterrate.
O, mia patria, sì bella e perduta!
O, membranza, sì cara e fatal!
Arpa d'or dei fatidici vati,
perché muta dal salice pendi?
Le memorie nel petto raccendi,
ci favella del tempo che fu!
O simile di Sòlima ai fati
traggi un suono di crudo lamento,
o t'ispiri il Signore un concento
che ne infonda al patire virtù!
Fly, my thoughts, on wings of gold;
go settle upon the slopes and the hills,
where, soft and mild, the sweet airs
of my native land smell fragrant!
Greet the banks of the Jordan
and Zion's toppled towers.
O my homeland, so lovely and lost!
O memories so dear and yet so deadly!
Golden harp of the prophets of old,
why do you now hang silent upon the willow?
Rekindle the memories in our hearts,
and speak of times gone by!
Mindful of the fate of Solomon's temple,
Cry out with raw lamentation,
or else may the Lord strengthen you
to bear these sufferings.