Messa di Orfeo

Messa di Orfeo is the twentieth and last album by Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1999 on Spalax and features music played during an audio-video-light installation as performed in the Labyrinth of Molfetta, Bari, during the Time Zones Festival in 1998.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Florian Fricke.


 * 1) "Deep in the Ocean of Love" – 2:50
 * 2) "Strofa 1" – 3:37
 * 3) "Nascita dell' ape" – 7:18
 * 4) "Strofa 2" – 3:45
 * 5) "Dall' origine al divenire" – 2:15
 * 6) "Strofa 3" – 4:05
 * 7) "Strofa 4" – 3:49
 * 8) "Primo movimento" – 13:41
 * 9) "Strofa 5" – 3:48

Personnel

 * Florian Fricke – keyboards
 * Frank Fiedler – video
 * Guillermina De Gennaro – recitation
 * Maya Rose – vocals
 * Johannes Fricke – artist assistance

Credits
Live recording by Popol Vuh

Studio recording at Tom Tom-Studio, Bari, Italy

Produced by Popol Vuh and Time Zones

Liner notes
The liner notes of the album are in Italian.

Original text in Italian

Orfeo, il bardo, fa parte degli argonauti

Oiagros, dio del fiume, suo padre

Calliope, la musa, sua madre

I suoi emblemi sono l'ape e la cicala, animali divini, amici delle muse

Translation in English

Orpheus, the bard, part of the Argonauts

Oeagrus, god of the river, his father

Calliope, the Muse, his mother

His emblems are the bee and the grasshopper, divine animals, friends of the Muses

Lyrics
Original in Italian

La terra ed io siamo uno

i suoi occhi ed i miei occhi sono uno

le sue orecchie e le mie orecchie sono uno La terra ed io siamo uno

le sue ossa e le mie ossa sono uno La terra ed io siamo uno

la sua carne e la mia carne sono uno La terra ed io siamo uno

il suo sangue ed il mio sangue sono uno La terra ed io siamo uno

il suo respiro ed il mio respiro sono uno

La terra mi tiene e mi ama da sempre

Translation in English

The Earth and I are one

His eyes and my eyes are one

His ears and my ears are one

The Earth and I are one

His bones and my bones are one

The Earth and I are one

His flesh and my flesh are one

The Earth and I are one

His blood and my blood are one

The Earth and I are one

His breath and my breath are one

The Earth always holds me and loves me