So sadly Madame Butterflys wait was in vain, and was to end with bad news, but the coming of the Lord, for whom we wait, will be far from that. It will be the best news of all ! We too, having known his great love, await in faith for his return. Anyway, here is a translation of this lovely aria, (sung by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa), where she waits for her husband the captain of a ship to return to her in Nagasaki. She loves him deeply, and although in Japan, if a husband was deemed to have deserted a wife, she could re-marry, she had rejected an alternative, very rich man, remaining faithful her husband whom she longed to see again and with whom she had born a son. One good day, we will see Arising a strand of smoke Over the far horizon on the sea And then the ship appears And then the ship is white It enters into the port, it rumbles its salute. Do you see it? He is coming! I dont go down to meet him, not I. I stay upon the edge of the hill And I wait a long time but I do not grow weary of the long wait. And leaving from the crowded city, A man, a little speck Climbing the hill. Who is it? Who is it? And as he arrives What will he say? What will he say? He will call Butterfly from the distance I without answering Stay hidden A little to tease him, A little as to not die. At the first meeting, And then a little troubled He will call, he will call Little one, dear wife Blossom of orange The names he called me at his last coming. All this will happen, I promise you this Hold back your fears - I with secure faith wait for him. youtu.be/J2CcHuN3SV0
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 09:41:15 +0000
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