Testi di Nyman: Prospero's Books (music from the film by Peter Greenaway) - Come unto these yellow sands - Sarah Leonard, Michael Nyman Band and Orchestra, Michael Nyman

Nyman: Prospero's Books (music from the film by Peter Greenaway) - Come unto these yellow sands (originale)

Come unto these yellow sands, and then take hands;
curtsied when you have and kissed the wild waves whist,
foot it featly here and there;
and, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
Hark!
Hark!
Bow-wow!
The watchdogs bark.
Bow-wow-wow-wow!
I hear the strain of the strutting chanticleer cry
cock-a-diddle-dow!
Cock-a-diddle-dow!

(traduzione)

Vieni su queste sabbie gialle, e poi prendi le mani;
quando hai fatto una riverenza e baciato le onde selvagge che fischiano,
calpestalo strettamente qua e là;
e, dolci folletti, il fardello porta.
Ascolta!
Ascolta!
Bow-wow!
I cani da guardia abbaiano.
Bow-wow-wow-wow!
Sento lo sforzo del grido impettito del cantore
cazzo-a-diddle-dow!
Cazzo-a-diddle-dow!