Nabbuco

 Libretto

Nabbuco

chorus of the Hebrew slaves 

Verdi

With composite by Salvador Dali of Nebuchadnezzar and me.

Fly, thought, 

On the golden wings

Go settle upon the

Slopes and the hills,

Where, soft and mild

The sweet airs of our

Native land 

Smell fragrant!

Greet the banks of

The Jordan

And Zion's toppled 

Towers...

Oh, my country, so

Beautiful and lost!

Oh, remembrance,

So dear and so fatal!

Golden harp of the

Prophetic seers,

Why dost thou hang

Mute upon the

Willow?

Rekindle our

Bosom's memories

And speak to us of

Times gone by!

Mindful of the fate

Of Jerusalem,

Give forth a sound

Of crude

Lamentation,

Or may the Lord

Inspire you a

Harmony of voices

Which may instill

Virtue to suffering.