Monday, December 05, 2005

"You who know what love is all about..."

I heard this in a music department recital and thought it was appropriate to express how i have felt for much of the past five or six years... and has only gotten stronger now that i am surrounded with single girls about my age and people in relationships. it is from the "marriage of figaro".
It is in italian so it rhymes, and so that i can express myself with out you thinking I'm a poor sap that posted this just for your pity. I don't need it or any of your dating website suggestions.

Voi che sapete che cosa è amor, donne, vedete s'io l'ho nel cor. Quello ch'io provo
vi ridirò, è per me nuovo, capir nol so. Sento un affetto pien di desir, ch'ora è diletto, ch'ora è martir. Gelo e poi sento l'alma avvampar, e in un momento torno a gelar. Ricerco un bene fuori di me, non so chi'l tiene, non so cos'è. Sospiro e gemo senza voler, palpito e tremo senza saper. Non trovo pace notte né dì, ma pur mi piace languir così. Voi che sapete che cosa è amor, donne, vedete s'io l'ho nel cor.

The only difference is that he actually enjoys his suffering, probably because the experience is so new to him. Me, I got sick of it pretty quick along time ago. Now it just annoys the hell outa me.

Though the character that sang this was portrayed as a 15 year old boy in the opera, It is probably my fault that at the age of 20 i still haven't figured out what I'm gonna do about the matter, or what to do when I figure it out somewhat.

If you really must know what it says.... Fine go to the site below.
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/music/reserves/cd189/text/act02_part1.html