Intro Poem Recited By Bono

[starsgoblue]

I don't know if this is old news or not, but I've discovered on an Andrea Bocelli album there is a song that has Bono reciting a poem about the birth of a child.

It's beautiful to listen to him speak, his voice is just so melodic with his Irish inflections.....the rest of the song is just Bocelli singing but I wanted to share it with you all in case some of you hadn't heard it yet.



http://s46.you sendit.com/d.aspx?id=0RCJI5R8MZIHD0FC5I8RC4O3TX



Here is a transcript of the peom Bono recites:

While like a giant – proud and happy
I take my baby in my arms
Fragile, innocent and alive
And like a little bird he’s
Pushing against my chest
Abandoned quiet and safe
For an instant almost sweetly
My destiny appears to me like a dream
And I see myself, old and surrendered,
Seated there near the coalfire
Waiting for the evening with
the anxiety of a child,
Just to see him coming back home
With the gift of his smile
Of his words and kindness
It’s like a promise that can
solve the enormous joy
Of one of his caresses.
Then I wake up and I’ve already forgotten
But inside of me the kid’s trapped
soul advises me
That this new born child is already more important to me than that of my own life…


While I'm pretty certain Bocelli wrote the poem, this was done in 2001, so I can't help but think the reason we can hear the smile in Bono's voice is because of little John....

 

[biff]

Thanks! I do remember this from a while back. I did download your ysi, but I am told that it is not available unless I am a member of AOL, or some such thing. I am not, so I cannot access this. Any suggestions?

 

[Souly]

I'm having the same problem as biff. Do you happen to have an mp3 file of the poem?

 

[greety]

biff & souly, I made a ysi from the whole song, hope that's ok.
it's called L'incontro

http://s63.you sendit.com/d.php?id=RDA4KKQJJYSO3K7E9QZ6B2KG4

 

[starsgoblue]

Thanks greety...I have NO clue why my ysi didn't work

 

[anjarw]

it worked..but you uploaded a .m4p file.

google told me only people with itunes installed can play those files

 

[zooperson]

thank you! i have heard this before. my aunt is a huge andrea bocelli fan. it is so beautiful

 

[Jamila]

I've had the recording for several years now and it never fails to send a shiver up my spine.

Bono recites poetry so well - I've also heard a recording of Bono reciting some of Leonard Cohen's poetry and it's BRILLIANT.

 

[the soul waits]

This is precious

 

[sweetie]

I love this! A few years back my friend and I made ourselves a "bathtub" mix CD. A CD with U2 songs to use in the the bathtub or to drift off to sleep, etc.. This reading starts off the CD. =

 

[Dutch Partygirl]

My mum has this cd and I almost fell off my chair when I first heard it. I didn't know it was on it and it caught me by surprise... It's beautiful and he sounds sexy...

 

[Souly]

biff & souly, I made a ysi from the whole song, hope that's ok.
it's called L'incontro

http://s63.you sendit.com/d.php?id=RDA4KKQJJYSO3K7E9QZ6B2KG4

Thanks greety & stars!

 

[MsGiggles]

That was great

 

[ylimeU2]

it worked..but you uploaded a .m4p file.

google told me only people with itunes installed can play those files

Not only that, it's also a protected file. If you ripped it to your computer from some other source, you can change your import options on iTunes (prefrences, import, change to Mp3).

 

[kellyahern]

That was one of the first things I bought off of itunes

 

[lady luck]

I think you're right: the sort of caress in Bono's voice is due to John.
The whole song is very sweet!
Do you have the English version or do you want me to translate it?

 

[starsgoblue]

Imagines Bono's face lit up at the thought of lil' John.


Here's a translation of the Italian if anyone wants to know the rest of the song:

…..and I stood in front of him for a while
And listened to the air and then held him
He opened his hand and then
touched my nose and brushed my mouth

I held him and the world turned more
Around us everything blossomed

I stood still for awhile
And it was there that time found us again

He opened his hand then touched my nose
and I smiled

I held him and the world turned more
Around us everything blossomed

The world is a tiny point of blue light
That turns and moves with
the breath of angels

I held him and the world turned more

That turns are moves with
the breath of angels

I held him and stood just so, just so…

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

I love that, I love Bono poetry recitation

he could probably make Green Eggs and Ham sound sexy

 

[starsgoblue]

Does anyone have an mp3 of Bono reciting God's Laughter?

 

[anjarw]

i do

http://s11.ysi.com/d.aspx?id=3IT8W4977WKO819DFAID9JIYJH

 

[starsgoblue]