The orgy

Gioacchino Antonio Rossini

Let's love and sing

Of woman and wine

Live is a joy

Between Bacchus and Amor

I've got love in my heart

And wine in my head

What a pleasure, what a feast

What a lovely passion.

Loving and joking

Drinking some wine

animates me and calms

my sorrow and pain.

Let's dance and sing

Live is a joy

Between Bacchus and Amor

Let's dance and sing

Let's raise the glass

Let's laugh and forget

Our sorrow and pain.

O divine queen,

mother of love

with joy renew

every heart!

Leaping, sparkling,

Foaming over with life

Is the wine divine

Ruler of the world.

Already I dance, I stagger,

What smell, what steam!

So drink, over and over again

In a holy frenzy.

Let's dance and sing

Live is a joy

Between Bacchus and Amor!