The Sound of Thunder 大地一聲雷

Posate, Dormite
by Giovanni Battista Bassani

Unfortunately only one rendition of “Posate, Dormite” can currently be found on the Internet. This is it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzNIz6xVuBs

Posate, Dormite, Lyrics in Italian and English

Ah se tu dormi ancora;
Ah if you are still sleeping;
e se dormendo tante pene mi dai,
and if by sleeping you punish me,
non destarti giammai.
then never arouse yourself.
Che non saria bastante
That not enough saria
a soffrirti svegliata un core amante.
to suffer a heart awakened lover.

Posate, dormite, pupile,
Cutlery, sleep, pupil,
pupile gradite, pupile gradite,
like pupil, pupil welcome,
e il vostro rigore
and your rigor
lasci ancora posare un stanco core.
leaves still pose a tired heart.

Dormite, posate, pupile,
Sleep, cutlery, pupil,
pupile adorate, pupile adorate,
worship pupil, pupil worship,
e in placido oblio
and peaceful oblivion
dorma il vostro furor,
dorma your furor,
ch’io parto. Addio, addio.
ch’io parto. Goodbye, goodbye.

Posate, Dormite Phrasing

Ah / se tu dor-mi an-coo-raa /
e se dor-men-do tan-te pee-ne mi daa-ii /
non de-star-ti giam-ma-i /
Che non sa-ria bas-tan-te /
a sof-frir-ti sveg-lia-ta / un co-o-re a-maan-tee /

Poooo-saaaa-teeee / dooor-miiii-teeee / puuuu-piiii-leeee /
pu-pi-le / gra-di-te / pu-pi-le / gra-di-te /
e il vo-stro / ri-go-re / e il vo-stro / ri-goo-ree /
la-sci an-co-ra po-sa-re /
un staaaan-co / un staaaan-co /
un sta-an-co co-re / un stan-co / un staan-coo coo-ree /

[ Da da da da da / da da da da da da / da da da da da da ]

Doooor-miiii-teeee / poooo-saaaa-teeee / puuuu-piiii-leeee /
pu-pi-le a-do-ra-te / pu-pi-le a-do-ra-te /
e in pla-ci-do / o-bli-o / e in pla-ci-do / o-bli-o /
dor-ma il vo-stro fu-ror /
ch’io paaaar-to / ch’io paaaar-to /
ch’io par-to / ch’io par-to / ch’io par-to /
ch’io par-to / Aad-dii-oo / / ad-di-oo