“Youth’s the Season Made for Joys” is one of the songs (Air XXII) from The Beggar’s Opera (see here)
Youth’s the season made for joys,
Love is then our duty;
She alone who that employs,
Well deserves her beauty.
Let’s be gay,
While we may,
Beauty’s a flower despis’d in decay.
Let us drink and sport to-day,
Ours is not tomorrow.
Love with youth flies swift away,
Age is nought but sorrow.
Dance and sing,
Time’s on the wing,
Life never knows the return of spring.
John Gay’s masterpiece ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ was a 1728 ballad opera that used folk songs instead of classical arias, and two centuries later inspired Bertolt Brecht’s Threepenny Opera (1928).
This poem/song depicts the carpe diem theme: the fleeting nature of life and the need to embrace its pleasures when we can still do it.
Youth is the time of happiness and beauty, which is defined “ a flower despis’d in decay.” Therefore we should enjoy life while we are young because when we get old it is far more difficult. We should always remember that time passes quickly and youth will never come back.
La giovinezza è la stagione fatta per le gioie,
perciò l’amore è nostro dovere;
solo colei che la usa bene
merita la sua bellezza.
Stiamo allegri
mentre possiamo,
la bellezza è un fiore disprezzato quando avvizzisce.
Beviamo e divertiamoci oggi,
perché il domani non è nostro.
L’amore vola via rapidamente con la giovinezza,
l’età non è altro che dolore.
Balla e canta
perché il tempo vola
e la vita non conosce il ritorno della primavera.
(trad: L.Z.)
[…] John Gay & An Air from The Beggar’s Opera (2) […]
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thanh you very much for reblogging 💙🙏💙🙏💙🙏💙
LikeLiked by 1 person
[…] John Gay & An Air from The Beggar’s Opera (2) […]
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thanh you very much for reblogging 💙🙏💙🙏💙🙏💙
LikeLiked by 1 person
Buona giornata Luisa 💜
LikeLiked by 3 people
Buon pomeriggio a te, Cara Sabri 😎 🌞 🍉
LikeLike
Grazie mille 😊
LikeLiked by 1 person
Amazing!! I really liked the video as well!!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you for your kind words. I’m so pleased you enjoyed this post 🌹🌹🌹
LikeLike
Le parole sono davvero belle e veritiere, il video è una bellissima ballata, musicalmente parlando l’ho anche paragonata al nostrano Roberto Vecchioni con la sua Samarcanda. Brava!!! Come sempre un’ottima scelta con un testo degno di nota. Buon pomeriggio 😉
LikeLiked by 2 people
Ti ringrazio molto; la ballata piace molto anche a me… e ti faccio notare che ha quasi trecento anni
🎶🎶🎶
Vecchioni e Samarcanda mi hanno ricordato la guida che avevamo in Uzbekistan e che, prima di entrare nella città, ci ha offerto in ascolto quella canzone 🌞🌞🌞
LikeLiked by 1 person
Stupendo ricordo!!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ma che meraviglia Luisa 👏Buon pomeriggio 🌺❤🌺❤🌺
LikeLiked by 2 people
Buon pomeriggio, Dani!!! 🤗🤗🤗
LikeLiked by 1 person
Molto bello il testo, buon pomeriggio 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
Grazie e buon pomeriggio. cara Silvia 🙏🌷🙏
LikeLike
LUISA, it it’s so much fun thank you for the video I brought it with me out in the yard under the trees I.’m having breakfast with my blueberry waffles and confectioners sugar and unsalted butter WITH real blueberries under the umbrella this moment .I turned the sound up loud for the birds chirping in the tree and the cats came around three cats one is nearly blind they’re homeless and they’re all around me right now it’s beautiful I’m trying to take a picture of them but for some reason it won’t go I don’t know why , must be the sunlight or something but I want to let you know that not only humans can LOVE the video . thank you. very much , bless your heart always. sincerely Sharon💖
LikeLiked by 3 people
So happy to hear that, my dear friend 🙏🙏🙏
Although I don’t have any cats at the moment, I did have them when I was a girl and I love them. Now I have three who come to the gardens: two are my neighbor’s cats and one is a beautiful blond cat who likes to be stroked only by me. It reminds me of Byron, the cat I had before I got married🐈🐈🐈
LikeLiked by 1 person
Merci pour l’extrait musical ! 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
Merci beaucoup de l’avoir apprécié mon cher Jean-Louis 🙏🎶🙏 et bon après midi🌷🌞🌷
LikeLike
It’s a jaunty tune that goes well with the youthful, cape diem theme.
LikeLiked by 3 people
oops, “carpe”
LikeLiked by 1 person
👍
LikeLike
🙏🙏🙏 and think that it was composed centuries ago😘
LikeLike
Your comments yesterday has helped me understand this post so much more. Thanks Luisa.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks dear Malc, I’m glad I was of some help
PS I was a teacher, it wasn’t a simple job, but a passion. And still sometimes my tendency to explain comes up, which I hope is not too boring
LikeLiked by 2 people
Absolutely not Luisa. We’re never too old to learn 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
😇😘😘😘
LikeLiked by 1 person
I had not yet considered carpe diem so carefully limited to youth, but in fact it is an absolute truth that youth passes even faster than we realize.
Thanks a lot!
LikeLiked by 2 people
In my opinion ‘carpe diem’ is generally referred to youth, which runs away quickly, but it should be referred to every moment of our lives that must be fully enjoyed because it will never come back.
A big hug 😘🤗😘
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks.
Since I am not that young … I will focus more on the second option … 😀 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
😉😘😘😘
Me too 😇
LikeLiked by 1 person
❤
LikeLiked by 1 person
Questa ballata ci porta decisamente in un altro mondo!!!! ❤
LikeLiked by 2 people
🙏🎶😘😘😘
LikeLike
che deliziosa questa musica! Molto singolare…non la conoscevo.
Buonanotte mia cara Luisa 🙂
LikeLiked by 2 people
Che gioia sapere che ti è piaciuta!
Buona giornata😘😘😘
LikeLiked by 1 person
❤️❤️❤️
LikeLiked by 1 person
sempre interessanti i tuoi post.
Serena serata.
Un sorriso
LikeLiked by 2 people
🙏🌺🙏🌺🙏
LikeLiked by 1 person
sereno pomeriggio
LikeLiked by 1 person
Anche a te 😘
LikeLiked by 2 people
sorrisi
LikeLiked by 1 person