O Tu Palermo
José Carlos Santos Silva
O Thou Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi
José Carlos Santos Silva
I vespri Siciliani
O thou Palermo
O fatherland, o dear fatherland, at last I see you!
The exile greets you after so long an absence.
With love I kiss your flowering soil.
I will keep my vow to you, with my arm and with my heart!
O thou, Palermo, beloved land,
laugh of love so dear to me,
raise your much outraged brow,
reclaim your former splendor!
I sought help from foreign nations,
I wandered through castles and cities.
But, insensible of my fervid urging,
every one of them said:
Sicilians, where is your former valor?
Go on, rise up to victory, to honor!
O thou, Palermo, etc. O thou, Palermo, etc.
