SONG FOR LIBERTY
(Giuseppe Verdi / P Delanoe / P Lemesle / J Johns)

as recorded by Nana Mouskouri
with male choir and orchestral accompaniment
1982


When you singing, I'm singing with you, liberty;
When you cry, I cry with you in sorrow.
When you suffer, I'm praying for you, liberty,
For your struggles will bring us a new tomorrow!

Days of sad darkness and fear must one day crumble,
For the force of your kindness and love make them tremble.
When you singing, I'm singing with you, liberty;
In the void of your absence I keep searching for you!

Who are you? 
Dream, illusion or just reality?
Faith, ideal, desire , revolution?
I believe you're the symbol of our heart, humanity,
Lighting up the world for eternity!

I can see why men die to defend you,
Try to guard, to protect and attend you.
When you singing, I'm singing with you, liberty;
With your tears or your joys I love you!
Let us sing and rejoice, make our own history,
Songs of hope with one voice guide us to victory;
Liberty! 
Liberty!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2018)