Exercise 9b
[mor'dɛnte in di'versi 'modi]
Mordente in diversi modi
Mordents
[laudʒɛl'letto in 'lattʃi 'stretto]
L´augelletto in lacci stretto
A little bird in a snare,
[per'ke 'mai kan'tar s'as'kolta]
perchè mai cantar s´ascolta?
why don't we ever hear it sing?
[per'ke 'spera un 'altra 'vɔlta]
Perchè spera un´ altra volta
Because it wishes that one more time
[di tor'nare in liber'ta]
di tornare in libertà.
it will be free again.
Why don't we ever hear
a bird in a snare sing?
Because one day
it hopes to be free again.