Perhaps the best song written in the last 300 years ....

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"Ombra mai fu" is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Handel.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiqFgoXoQoY


Also some nice versions with singing:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_m6mnMIofc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MugXdU-h6UU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO3AlJT2GjM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0PcHEdSpnA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXEY43CQBuk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J52C_ZGltY


This is a song from an opera about Xerxes, the most powerful ruler in the world, as he looks at the shade from his beloved plane tree. It is a song of relaxation and contentment. It is a love song to a tree, to it's welcoming shade.


Here is a translation of the lyrics:


Tender and beautiful fronds
 of my beloved plane tree,
 let Fate smile upon you.
 May thunder, lightning, and storms
 never disturb your dear peace,
 nor may you by blowing winds be profaned.
 Never was a shade
 of any plant
 dearer and more lovely,
 or more sweet.


The opera was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere.
But this song is immortal.


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