Hear the tales of the pilgrim man Who faced the hate of the goddess Through the fire and through the storm To the ancient mother Through the magic splendour Of carthage and Sicilian lands Through the underworld To the Lavinia shore [Chorus:] For the will of fate – from the ashes of the land afire Through many tears – hear a new birth will rise How, o Muse, can heavenly minds Feel hate for such a brave man? Through bad omens and hard ordeals He won the promised land Through the magic splendour Of carthage and Sicilian lands Through the underworld To the Lavinia shore [Chorus] Through many tears… it will rise [Chorus] …through many tears… it will rise… Will rise… …for the will of fate… it will rise… Will rise… [STORY] Seven years pa**ed, seven years of pilgrimage, seven years through The winds and the storms of the seas, seven years had pa**ed after That fatal day… the fall of Troy. The fleet of the Trojan people who Had survived that tragedy was sailing from Sicily and now was near Carthage. Inside them the remembrance and the wounds, that those Days had left in their hearts, were still strong Dark in his face and lost in his thoughts, the leader of the fleet stood. It Was Aeneas, the Trojan hero with mortal and divine blood, the son of Anchises and the goddess Venus. His look was lost in the horizon when Suddenly, a violent storm shattered the ship. Juno, unable to forget her Wrath towards the Trojan people after the judgment of Paris had favoured Venus, bribed Aoulus to unleash storm winds on them, compelling them To put ashore in Africa, near Carthage. Venus appealed to Jupiter for Their salvation and he rea**ured her about their glorious future and a Golden age to come. Venus appeared to Aeneas disguised as a Carthaginian Huntress and told him of Queen Dido and the settlers from Tyre who Had formed the colony at Carthage, surrounded by potentially hostile Peoples. So, aided by his mother, Aeneas reached Dido, receiving a warm Welcome and hospitality. She, also an exiled, responded sympathetically To his plight and asked him to tell his story. Venus turned her son Cupid Into Aeneas' son – Ascanius – to make Dido and Aeneas fall in love and to Ensure consequently his safety. Dido's pa**ion began to rise…