My Beloveds, My Precious Friends Day 42

[Guest guest]

I am watching Philadelphia story

One of the most powerful scenes ever,

Tom Hanks, dying of Aids, is explaining

The aria from Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano

" La Momma Morta "

 

Maddalena's aria from Andrea Chénier

 

" They killed my mother

in the doorway of my room;

She died saving me!

Later, at the dead, of night

I wandered about with Bersi,

When suddenly

a livid glow flickers

and lights ahead of me

the dark street!

I looked at it!

My childhood home was ablaze!

I was alone

And surrounded by nothingness!

Hunger and poverty,

Deprivation and danger,

I became ill

And Bersi, so good and pure,

Traded her beauty

For my sake!

I bring misfortune to all who love me,

It was then, in my misery,

That love came to me,

And murmured in a sweet melodious voice:

" You must Live, I am Life itself,

Heaven is in my eyes!

Let your tears fall on my breast!

I will walk with you and be your support!

Smile and hope. I am Love!

Is all around you blood and mire?

I am divine. I can make you forget!

I am the god who descends to earth

From the empyrean and makes this world

A paradise, Ah! "

 

 

 

 

 

So, tell me Beloveds, My Precious Friends,

 

What are you afr AID of? When the disease is made manifest.

 

Are you afraid to fly? An Avian Flu?

 

 

 

Love, Ana