Slow down now and wait
with me, as in your slumber --
love flares up fiercely.
Vertraag nu en wacht,	Verzögert mit mir,
met mij, terwijl in jouw slaap --	während in deinem Schlummer --
de liefde ontvlamt.	die Liebe aufflammt.

Poem H4838
Amsterdam, 2024-08-08
While you sleep (Pietro Metastasio / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1734
Air "Mentre dormi" ("While you sleep", 1734, Antonio Vivaldi, RV 725), from the opera "La olimpiada" ("The Olympiad" / "The Olympics", libretto 1733, Pietro Metastasio)
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Keyword: Expectation 
Tribute to: Metastasio, Pietro 
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio 

Love is a tempest
that first throws us off course and --
then plays with our minds.
Liefde is een storm	Liebe ist ein Sturm,
die ons stuurloos maakt en dan --	der uns steuerlos macht und --
speelt met ons verstand.	dann den Geist verwirrt.

Poem S2377
De Koog, 2024-09-23
We are ships on the rising waves (Pietro Metastasio / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1733
Air "Siam navi all'onde algenti" from the opera "l'Olimpiade" (1733, Pietro Metastasio, music 1734, Antonio Vivaldi, RV 725), 2nd act, 5th scene - Aminta
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Keywords: In love: euphoria, Reason: and feelings 
Tribute to: Metastasio, Pietro 
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio 

Whenever the wind
softly brushes your sweet face --
it will be my breath.
Wanneer de wind zacht	Immer wenn der Wind
over jouw gezicht strijkt, zal --	leise dein Gesicht streift, wird --
dat mijn adem zijn.	es mein Atem sein.

Poem H6004
Amsterdam, 2025-11-11
If you ever feel a light breath on your face (Pietro Metastasio / Antonio Vivaldi, Christoph W. Gluck) - 1727
Air "Se mai senti spirarti sul volto" (libretto Pietro Metastasio for the opera "Catone in Utica" ("Cato in Utica"), among others, set to music by Antonio Vivaldi (in 1737, RV 705), and by Christoph W. Gluck (in 1752: "La clemenza di Tito" ["The clemency of Titus"]) - 2nd act, 2nd scene - Caesar / Sextus
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Keywords: Love: memory, Breath 
Tribute to: Metastasio, Pietro 
Composers: Vivaldi, Antonio; Gluck, Christoph W.