Ferruccio Furlanetto - O patria... o tu, Palermo

Verdi's I vespri Siciliani. PROCIDA O fatherland, dear fatherland, I behold you again at last! The exile greets you after long absence. Filled with love, I kiss your verdant soil; I bring to thee the pledge of hand and heart. O Palermo, country I adore, smile of the beloved art thou to me! Ah, lift thy much-abused face, take on thy former glory! Seeking help from foreign powers, I travelled from castle to city, but, unmoved by my fervour, all replied: Sicilians, where is your former valour? Arise, arise to victory and to honour! O Palermo, etc. ... take on thy former noble glory!