The Oracles the Sybil Wrote Songtext
von Hexperos

Ven as he is who seeth in a dream,
And after dreaming the imprinted passion
Remains, and to his mind the rest returns not,
Even such am I, for almost utterly
Ceases my vision, and distilleth yet
Within my heart the sweetness born of it;
Even thus the snow is in the sun unsealed,
Even thus upon the wind in the light leaves
Were the soothsayings of the Sibyl lost


Qual è colüi che sognando vede,
Che dopo ′l sogno la passione impressa
Rimane, e l'altro a la mente non riede,
Cotal son io, ché quasi tutta cessa
Mia visïone, e ancor mi distilla
Nel core il dolce che nacque da essa.
Così la neve al sol si disigilla;
Così al vento ne le foglie levi
Si perdea la sentenza di Sibilla

And so, on the light leaves, beneath the wind,
The oracles the Sibyl wrote were lost