Sonnet
The Decemberists * Track #6 On Long Live the King
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Sonnet by The Decemberists
Performed by
The DecemberistsWrited by
Dante AlighieriAbout
This song is a translation of a sonnet that the famous Italian poet Dante wrote to his best friend Guido Cavalcanti. The poem is about a blissful voyage the two would take with their other friend Lapo Gianni and their ideal lovers.
The original sonnet and a more literal translation can be found her...
Sonnet Lyrics
Guido, I wish that you and Lapo and I
Could be taken by magic and placed in a boat
Where every rising swell
Would sweep us at our will across the sky
Then tempest never, or weather dire
Could ever make our blissful living cease
No, but abiding in a steady, blessed peace
Together in harmony
And Lady Vanna and Lagia then
She who looms the thirty best
Would join us at the enchanter's behest
And there we'd talk of love without an end
To make those ladies happy in the sky
With Lapo enchanted too, and you and I
Sonnet Q&A
Who wrote Sonnet's ?
Sonnet was written by Dante Alighieri.
Who produced Sonnet's ?
Sonnet was produced by Tucker Martine & The Decemberists.