Tudo o que é sublime é simples, embora algo não seja necessariamente sublime, só por ser simples!
É o caso da melodia e letra desta canção, servidas pela voz perfeita de Jane Morgan, no tema musical do filme de 1957, «Love in the Afternoon», com Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper e Maurice Chevalier.
It was fascination, I know
And it might have ended right there at the start
Just a passing glance, just a brief romance
And I might have gone on my way empty-hearted
It was fascination, I know
Seeing you alone with the moonlight above
Then I touched your hand and next moment I kissed you
Fascination turned to love
Love me, love me, love me, love me Say you do Let me fly away With you For my love is like The wind And wild is the wind Wild is the wind
Give me more Than one caress Satisfy this Hungriness Let the wind Blow through your heart For wild is the wind Wild is the wind
You Touch me I hear the sound Of mandolins You Kiss me With your kiss My life begins You're spring to me All things To me
Don't you know you're Life itself
Like a leaf clings To the tree Oh my darling, Cling to me For we're like creatures Of the wind Wild is the wind Wild is the wind
You Touch me I hear the sound Of mandolins You Kiss me With your kiss My life begins You're spring to me All things To me
Don't you know you're Life itself
Like a leaf clings To the tree Oh my darling, Cling to me For we're like creatures In the wind And wild is the wind Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind Wild is the wind Wild is the wind
(Autores: Dimitri Tiomkin e Ned Washington)
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Esta composição foi realizada para o filme com o mesmo nome, de 1957. Anna Magnani e Anthony Quinn eram os principais atores. Johnny Mathis é o primeiro interprete desta canção, que fez um duradouro sucesso (célebres intérpretes foram Nina Simone, David Bowie, etc.). A interpretação de Mathis mereceu-lhe um Óscar em 1958 pela melhor intervenção musical num filme.
