E pur si muove! (1633) Lyrics


Who are you - a thinker, a seer?

How were you born in these darkened times?

Do you believe the Sun is God's See?

Are you a heretic or a great mind?

What made you look up to the sky?

How'd you invent your telescope?

What did you see there - heaven or none?

Or may a huge world besides the earth?

You said that our planet is round,

Circles aeonially 'round the sun,

You said the world is made up of many

Heliocentric galaxies spun

E pur si muove!

Immutable truth

For which the hellfire has blunted tooth

E pur si muove!

It was and will be

And someday humanity also will see!

Step by step, a person moves to our stellar source

Hidden behind every great mind is our desire to find our homes

E pur si muove! E pur si muove!

E pur si muove! E pur si muove!