*** this sort of is a spoiler for a book that will be finished someday. But not too bad. I mean if you're reading this blog you probably already know about it.***
I call this a tragic. It's like a comic- but not comical.
I'm not sure how many hours it took, but I've been working on it since yesterday. I took probably 4ish hours yesterday, maybe more, and probably around the same today. So I'd say between 6 and 9 hours. And it could be refined quite a bit. O-o But I'm proud of it. I worked from a variety of reference material- why don't I more often? It turned out so much better than normal. But now I'm really tired.
Drawing should not be as exhausting as it is.
And, since the text is in Italian, I will now translate.
'Il Canto'- Italian to English translation
Copyright:
Writer(s): Raffaele Riefoli, Luca Barbarossa, Alfredo Rapetti, Romano Musumarra
Copyright: S.I.A.E. Direzione Generale
Copyright: S.I.A.E. Direzione Generale
La notte qui non torna piu The night doesn't come here anymore
dal giorno che sei andata via Since the day that you went away
Ed il cielo smesso di giocare And the heavens have ceased to play
con le stelle e con la luna With the stars and with the moon
E le nuvole sono ferme qui And the clouds are still here
Come lacrime che non cadono Like tears that cannot fall(or, that I cannot cry)
Vedi, come il tempo You see, as the time
Perde anche il ricordi Wastes even the memories
Resta solo il canto Only the song remains
di un amore che non muore Of a love that cannot die
Prendi la mia mano Take my hand
Danza con il vento Dance with the wind
Apri la mie ali My wings open
Posso solo amarti cosi I can only love you this way
Vieni, vieni via con me Come, come away with me
That's my translation, with help from google translate and Ryn. It has a repeat but it doesn't fit into the tragic and so I didn't include it. I'd like to attempt a rhymed version sometime. Is it not sad? Is it not beautiful??
If you have a chance to listen to it, you should. Il Volo's version with Placido Domingo is what inspired this, but I know Luciano Pavarotti does it, I believe Maestro Domingo does it solo, Paul Potts and Katherine Jenkins also do it I think. I haven't personally listened to any of them, but I'm sure any version would be lovely. If you try any of them let me know!!
Have a great rest of your day(if the tragic didn't... tragicize you*evil smile* and yes I see that isn't a word but it's in the Nina dictionary so there.
