Story Behind The Song
T.S. Eliot... Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock... to a slammin euro beat... with translation by Allen Mandelbaum
| Song Length |
3:16 |
Genre |
Spoken Word - Experimental, New Age - Progressive |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Tranquil, Pleasant |
Language |
Italian |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
``S'i' credesse che mia risposta fosse
a persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
questa fiamma staria sanza più scosse;
ma però che già mai di questo fondo
non tornò vivo alcun, s'i' odo il vero,
sanza tema d'infamia ti rispondo . . . .''
--Dante Alighieri, La Commedia Divina: Inferno, Canto XXVII.61--66
``If I thought my reply were meant for one
who ever could return into the world,
this flame would stir no more; and yet, since none---
if what I hear is true---ever returned
alive from this abyss, then without fear
of facing infamy, I answer you . . . .''
--Allen Mandelbaum