| 歌曲 | Whitacre: Leonardo Dreams Of His Flying Machine |
| 歌手 | Eric Whitacre |
| 专辑 | Light & Gold |
| Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine… | |
| Tormented by visions of flight and falling, | |
| More wondrous and terrible each than the last, | |
| Master Leonardo imagines an engine | |
| To carry a man up into the sun… | |
| And as he’s dreaming the heavens call him, | |
| “Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare”. (“Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly”.) | |
| L’uomo colle sua congiegniate e grandi ale, | |
| facciendo forza contro alla resistente aria. | |
| (A man with wings large enough and duly connected | |
| might learn to overcome the resistance of the air.) | |
| II. | |
| Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine… | |
| As the candles burn low he paces and writes, | |
| Releasing purchased pigeons one by one | |
| Into the golden Tuscan sunrise… | |
| And as he dreams, again the calling, | |
| The very air itself gives voice: | |
| “Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare”. (“Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly”.) | |
| Vicina all’elemento del fuoco… | |
| (Close to the sphere of elemental fire…) | |
| Scratching quill on crumpled paper, | |
| Rete, canna, filo, carta. | |
| (Net, cane, thread, paper.) | |
| Images of wing and frame and fabric fastened tightly. | |
| …sulla suprema sottile aria. | |
| (…in the highest and rarest atmosphere.) | |
| III. | |
| Master Leonardo Da Vinci Dreams of his Flying Machine… | |
| As the midnight watchtower tolls, | |
| Over rooftop, street and dome, | |
| The triumph of a human being ascending | |
| In the dreaming of a mortal man. | |
| Leonardo steels himself, | |
| takes one last breath, | |
| and leaps… |
| Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine | |
| Tormented by visions of flight and falling, | |
| More wondrous and terrible each than the last, | |
| Master Leonardo imagines an engine | |
| To carry a man up into the sun | |
| And as he' s dreaming the heavens call him, | |
| " Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare". " Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly". | |
| L' uomo colle sua congiegniate e grandi ale, | |
| facciendo forza contro alla resistente aria. | |
| A man with wings large enough and duly connected | |
| might learn to overcome the resistance of the air. | |
| II. | |
| Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine | |
| As the candles burn low he paces and writes, | |
| Releasing purchased pigeons one by one | |
| Into the golden Tuscan sunrise | |
| And as he dreams, again the calling, | |
| The very air itself gives voice: | |
| " Leonardo. Leonardo, vieni á volare". " Leonardo. Leonardo, come fly". | |
| Vicina all' elemento del fuoco | |
| Close to the sphere of elemental fire | |
| Scratching quill on crumpled paper, | |
| Rete, canna, filo, carta. | |
| Net, cane, thread, paper. | |
| Images of wing and frame and fabric fastened tightly. | |
| sulla suprema sottile aria. | |
| in the highest and rarest atmosphere. | |
| III. | |
| Master Leonardo Da Vinci Dreams of his Flying Machine | |
| As the midnight watchtower tolls, | |
| Over rooftop, street and dome, | |
| The triumph of a human being ascending | |
| In the dreaming of a mortal man. | |
| Leonardo steels himself, | |
| takes one last breath, | |
| and leaps |