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