Nice find with a better and longer translation. Without understanding how many people were killed or displayed by Stalin, for a Yank this is only a shadow of the one the Russians actually hear.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCPufE8AeMg > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCPufE8AeMg> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6hKiM1zT2Y > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6hKiM1zT2Y> > > > > Bravissimo "empty one "now a dream cast away in bitter winds, a > hope slaughtered in dark, a heart punctured upon itself with ancient > works of Muse long lost to time. > > Yes > > And when all the opera's end, and all > All FFL's crowd has dimmed, > > When Golden Dome's wings are left to > Be empty, and our stories are all done, > We may sing a last eulogy and force it on > Robin's raven wing, so that to the night, the > Shining moon would cry with a wolf. The tears of a > Rose would douse a flame which could not be quenched. > The rotting of words, it too bicuspid > Opulence could streak a frown across the > Horizon with its somber, dismal inks > > Drowning all passion thick, all zeal > Tore and cast to the wind of all prudence- > > Thorns of roses piercing our dreadful heart > > > > > > > So throughout the night the stars will sing to > Our emptybill's praises with more fervor than the now > Closed opus: Yet a light will creep over us, > > Opened ways within us, we weep more > Recognizing our solitude in our partners. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ wrote: > > > > > > Robin > > > > Don't despair. You can keep your precious first person ontology. > > However, when you get to heaven, Judy will be waiting to show why you > > won't need it. I have seen this and it will indeed be her > > transformed presence showing you what now awaits you. Out of an excess > > of secret humility, she won't admit this on a public forum but the > > Dakini-s have shown me the reality. > > > > This is the truth of real Tantra (anuttara yoga-tantra) where sacred > > vision reveals sacred world. > > > > This is why the Neo-platonists (pagan and christian) knew that the > > intelligences dancing this cosmos were not your supposed Vedic demons > > (nor Zorastrian-Semitic either) but theophanic celestials pointing out > > the Way. > > > > Here's the real Judy and paraphrasing St. Anthony "I have seen > > Her". > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67vh5DRURY&feature=watch-vrec > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67vh5DRURY&feature=watch-vrec> > > > > > > As for Hvorostovsky: > > > > Here he is (before he later became the grey Lion) singing with the > great > > Parvarotti. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgwWQyGioz8 > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgwWQyGioz8> > > > > And here he is with the exquisite Anna Netrebko: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36vm2VoXuXA > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36vm2VoXuXA> > > > > Also Think these people can only sing with trilled r's? Here > > he is in a video that became a YouTube sensation (It is also a > > remembrance of the era of Stalin's terror) > > > > Kak molody my byli (How young we were) > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU1jUiXOJpo > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU1jUiXOJpo> > > > > Turn around unknown stranger > > > > Your uncompromising look is familiar > > > > Maybe that is me when I was younger > > > > We don't always recognize ourselves but > > > > Nothing on Earth passes without leaving a trace > > > > And this youth, which has passed, is after all undying ... > > > > How young we were, how truly young we were > > > > How we loved without doubt, believed in ourselves > > > > Everyone welcomed us with our sincere belief > > > > We forgave our friends when they were wrong > > > > But their treachery we couldn't forgive > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" maskedzebra@ > > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Emptybill, > > > > > > Dmitri is the first voice I will listen to in the morning. What he > is > > making happen here (in this aria) is my aesthetic ideal. I want to be > > where he is to sing like this. > > > > > > Fabulous post, emptybill. > > > > > > I am switching from first person ontology to opera. > > > > > > Robin > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Emily, > > > > > > > > Here's the famous aria Largo al factotum from Rossini's The > > > > Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere desiviglia). You'll understand why > > > > you'llnever see this on American Idol or Britain's Got talent. > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKDXr_fimQ8&feature=related > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKDXr_fimQ8&feature=related> > > > > > > > > Enjoy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKDXr_fimQ8&feature=related> > > > > > > > > > >
