
Exercise 4b
[inter'valli di ot'tava]
Intervalli di ottava
Octave intervals
[kwell 'onda ke ru'ina]
Quell' onda che ruina,
The wave that surges,
['baltsa si 'frandʒe e 'mormora]
balza, si frange e mormora,
rises, breaks and rumbles,
[ma 'limpida si fa]
ma limpida si fa.
but then calms down again.
Water running down (the Alps)
splashes, spatters and grumbles
but eventually calms down again.
