Messa di Orfeo is the twentieth and last album by Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1999 on Spalax and features music played during an audio-video-light installation as performed in the Labyrinth of Molfetta, Bari, during the Time Zones Festival in 1998.
All tracks composed by Florian Fricke.
Live recording by Popol Vuh <br /> Studio recording at Tom Tom-Studio, Bari, Italy <br /> Produced by Popol Vuh and Time Zones
The liner notes of the album are in Italian.
Original text in Italian
Orfeo, il bardo, fa parte degli argonauti <br /> Oiagros, dio del fiume, suo padre <br /> Calliope, la musa, sua madre <br /> I suoi emblemi sono l'ape e la cicala, animali divini, amici delle muse
Translation in English
Orpheus, the bard, part of the Argonauts <br /> Oeagrus, god of the river, his father <br /> Calliope, the Muse, his mother <br /> His emblems are the bee and the grasshopper, divine animals, friends of the Muses
Original in Italian
La terra ed io siamo uno <br /> i suoi occhi ed i miei occhi sono uno <br /> le sue orecchie e le mie orecchie sono uno
La terra ed io siamo uno <br /> le sue ossa e le mie ossa sono uno
La terra ed io siamo uno <br /> la sua carne e la mia carne sono uno
La terra ed io siamo uno <br /> il suo sangue ed il mio sangue sono uno
La terra ed io siamo uno <br /> il suo respiro ed il mio respiro sono uno <br /> La terra mi tiene e mi ama da sempre
Translation in English
The Earth and I are one <br /> His eyes and my eyes are one <br /> His ears and my ears are one
The Earth and I are one <br /> His bones and my bones are one
The Earth and I are one <br /> His flesh and my flesh are one
The Earth and I are one <br /> His blood and my blood are one
The Earth and I are one <br /> His breath and my breath are one <br /> The Earth always holds me and loves me