Protected Beautifully [revised] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

General unrest in the chicken coop, a
clucking, clicking and fluffing reaches
unbearable noise levels; I repeatedly
play Verdi’s ‘La Vergine Degli Angeli’,
thus I can keep going on in a restless
susurration now disturbing the peace

Exquisite lyrics and harmonies bring
home the music’s charming beauty -
read the opera’s history, the so-called
curse intensifies the mystery of these
mesmerising songs playing in my ears,
miserable grey of cold day forgotten

Enjoying wonder of amazing music,
I am protected beautifully…


[“La forza del destino” (The Power of Fate, translated as
The Force of Destiny) is an Italian opera by Guiseppe Verdi

Song 'La Vergine degli Angeli' from La Forza del Destino

SONG: LA VERGINE DEGLI ANGELI / THE VIRGIN OF THE ANGELS

La vergine degli angeli / The Virgin of the Angels
Mi copra del suo manto / Covers me with her mantle,
E me protegga vigile / And protects me vigilantly

Di dio l'angelo santo / Sacred angel of God.
La vergine degli angeli / The Virgin of the Angels

E me protegga me protegga / And/She protects me, protects me,
L'angiol di dio / The angel of god
E me protegga / And/She protects me
L'angiol di dio / The angel of god
Me protegga / protects me.

E me protegga / And protects me.]