Si, John, Italian is a beautiful sounding language. Thanks for the detailed explanation of how the words of the song fit into the plot.
Today we're experiencing Polar Vortex II! But the sun is shining so that helps a little. On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:11 AM, "jr_...@yahoo.com" <jr_...@yahoo.com> wrote: Share, Yes, it's a very emotional song but I didn't understand the words until Sissel's video version came along. As we can see, the story is fairly simple: the girl asks her father for permission to get married. If not, she'll jump off a bridge to the waters below. You probably can write the English lyrics to fit the melody. But I still like the Italian lyrics to give it the opera flavor. Si?