Tulip Fever (2017)set to Giacomo Puccini Tosca Vissi d'arte (1899)performed by Maria Callas
Lyrics + English /Italian Translation :
Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore, - I live for art, I live for love,
non feci mai male ad anima viva! - I never harm a living soul!
Con man furtiva - With a discreet hand
quante miserie conobbi aiutai. - I relieve all misfortunes I encounter.

Sempre con fe' sincera - -Always with sincere faith
la mia preghiera - my prayer
ai santi tabernacoli salì. - rose to the holy tabernacles.
Sempre con fe' sincera - Always with sincere faith
diedi fiori agli altar. - I decorate the altars with flowers.

Nell'ora del dolore - In this hour of grief,
perché, perché, Signore, - why, why, Lord,
perché me ne rimuneri così? -why do you reward me thus?

Diedi gioielli della Madonna al manto, - I donate jewels to the Madonna's mantle,
e diedi il canto agli astri, al ciel, - and offer songs to the stars and to heaven,
che ne ridean più belli. - which shine with more beauty.
Nell'ora del dolore, - In this hour of grief,
perché, perché, Signor, -why, why, Lord,
ah, perché me ne rimuneri così? -ah, why do you reward me thus?
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Wind and Window Flower - Robert Frost

LOVERS, forget your love,
And list to the love of these,
She a window flower,
And he a winter breeze.

When the frosty window veil
Was melted down at noon,
And the cagèd yellow bird
Hung over her in tune,

He marked her through the pane,
He could not help but mark,
And only passed her by,
To come again at dark.

He was a winter wind,
Concerned with ice and snow,
Dead weeds and unmated birds,
And little of love could know.

But he sighed upon the sill,
He gave the sash a shake,
As witness all within
Who lay that night awake.

Perchance he half prevailed
To win her for the flight
From the firelit looking-glass
And warm stove-window light.

But the flower leaned aside
And thought of naught to say,
And morning found the breeze
A hundred miles away.---