Constantine's Dream-Patti Smith

[ti:Constantine's Dream] [ar:Patti Smith] [al:Banga] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Constantine's Dream - Patti Smith (帕蒂·史密斯) [00:19.17]In Arezzo I dreamed a dream [00:28.29]Of Saint Francis who kneeled and prayed [00:37.41]For the birds and the beasts and all humankind [00:51.41]All through the night I felt drawn in by him [01:01.77]And I heard him call [01:05.03]Like a distant hymn [01:12.44]I retreated from the silence of my room [01:16.54]Stepping down the ancient stones washed with dawn [01:21.99]And entered the basilica that bore his name [01:26.13]Seeing his effigy I bowed my head [01:32.15]And my racing heart I gave to him I kneeled and prayed [01:46.71]And the sleep that I could not find in the night [01:51.53]I found through him [01:58.01]I saw before me the world of his world [02:03.14]The bright fields the birds in abundance [02:08.24]All of nature of which he sang [02:12.80]Singing of him [02:16.33]All the beauty that surrounded him as he walked [02:20.62]His nature that was nature itself [02:24.86]And I heard him - I heard him speak [02:29.72]And the birds sang sweetly [02:32.60]And the wolves licked his feet [02:36.80]But I could not give myself to him [02:40.35]I felt another call from the basilica itself [02:45.65]The call of art - the call of man [02:49.31]And the beauty of the material drew me away [02:53.41]And I awoke and beheld upon the wall [02:57.96]The dream of Constantine [03:02.78]The handiwork of Piero della Francesca [03:07.56]Who had stood where I stood [03:11.50]With his brush stroked The Legend of the True Cross [03:20.02]He envisioned Constantine advancing to greet the enemy [03:26.46]But as he was passing the river [03:29.36]An unaccustomed fear gripped his bowels [03:32.59]An anticipation so overwhelming that it manifested in waves [03:43.42]All through the night a dream drew toward him [03:53.12]As an advancing Crusade [03:54.34]He slept in his tent on the battlefield [03:59.56]While his men stood guard [04:02.52]And an angel awoke him [04:07.49]Constantine within his dream awoke [04:11.27]And his men saw a light pass over the face of the King [04:16.45]The troubled King [04:19.49]And the angel came and showed to him [04:22.03]The sign of the true cross in heaven [04:27.00]And upon it was written [04:30.14]In this sign shall thou conquer [04:32.03]In the distance the tents of his army were lit by moonlight [04:39.65]But another kind of radiance lit the face of Constantine [04:44.24]And in the morning light [04:47.83]The artist seeing his work was done [04:52.35]Saw that it was good [04:56.56]In this sign shall thou conquer [05:12.14]He let his brush drop and passed into a sleep of his own [05:17.53]And he dreamed of Constantine carrying into battle in his right hand [05:22.67]An immaculate undefiled single white Cross [05:29.00]Piero della Francesca as his brush stroked the wall [05:34.71]Was filled with a torpor [05:39.54]And fell into a dream of his own [05:46.21]From the geometry of his heart he mapped it out [05:51.28]He saw the King rise fitted with armor [05:56.08]Set upon a white horse [05:56.99]An immaculate cross in his right hand [06:01.93]He advanced toward the enemy [06:04.69]And the symmetry the perfection of his mathematics [06:08.89]Caused the scattering of the enemy [06:11.26]Agitated broken they fled [06:15.80]And Piero della Francesca waking cried out [06:22.50]All is art - all is future [06:27.13]Oh Lord let me die on the back of adventure [06:32.76]With a brush and an eye full of light [06:38.04]But as he advanced in age [06:41.28]The light was shorn from his eyes [06:44.89]And blinded he laid upon his bed [06:47.98]On an October morning 1492 and whispered [06:55.82]Oh Lord let me die on the back of adventure [07:04.92]Oh Lord let me die on the back of adventure [07:13.25]And a world away - a world away [07:21.33]On three great ships [07:24.06]Adventure itself as if to answer [07:27.49]Pulling into the New World [07:29.91]And as far as his eyes could see [07:32.89]No longer blind [07:34.80]All of nature unspoiled - beautiful - beautiful [07:42.72]In such a manner that would have lifted the heart of St Francis [07:50.58]Into the realm of universal love [07:55.16]Columbus stepped foot on the New World [08:01.71]And witnessed beauty unspoiled [08:06.11]All the delights given by God [08:10.18]As if an Eden itself as if Eden had opened her heart to him [08:17.30]And opened her dress [08:20.43]And all of her fruit gave to him [08:27.79]And Columbus so overwhelmed [08:31.27]Fell into a sleep of his own [08:36.82]All the world in his sleep [08:40.57]All of the beauty all of the beauty entwined with the future [08:47.41]The twenty-first century [08:49.94]Advancing like the angel [08:52.15]Advancing like the angel [08:54.22]That had come [08:55.10]To Constantine [08:56.81]Constantine in his dream [08:59.23]Oh this is your cross to bear [09:02.09]Oh Lord Oh Lord let me deliver [09:08.19]Hallowed adventure to all mankind [09:11.83]In the future [09:13.12]Oh art cried the painter [09:15.76]Oh art - Oh art - cried the angel [09:18.59]Art the great material gift of man [09:22.13]Art that hath denied [09:24.13]The humble pleas of St Francis [09:26.13]Oh thou Artist [09:28.53]All shall crumble into dust [09:31.11]Oh thou navigator [09:33.63]The terrible end of man [09:35.39]This is your gift to mankind [09:37.59]This is your cross to bear [09:40.35]And Columbus saw all of nature aflame [09:44.33]The apocalyptic night [09:46.52]And the dream of the troubled King [09:51.50]Dissolved into light