Benedictus (Cantico alla Musica)

I want to tell you this,
 sweet music,
 now that you have made a leaf of me,
 may you be blessed forever, I say
 I owe you my lightness and more.
 I owe you the richness I hold
 cherished in my heart, laid bare for you.
 And to learn, one day I stole
 your essence, rhythm and melody
 changes of mood and harmony.
 Listening to you I understand God, and Love.
 What a secret!
 It was not that distant after all, it was there,
 just behind my forehead
 where both illumination and obscurity reside.
 Listening to you one day I realized that
 my essence is rhythm and melody,
 changes of mood and harmony
 oh music, rationality and madness
 listening to you I understand
 who I am, all my reasons
 what love is... Love