Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Quando tutte le cose erano insieme

English translation:

when all things were one

Added to glossary by Federica Masante
Oct 19, 2003 18:15
20 yrs ago
Italian term

Quando tutte le cose erano insieme

Italian to English Art/Literary Music music
Quando tutte le cose erano insieme l'umanità si sentiva in unicità con il universo.

Could it be
when all things were equal?

Proposed translations

+2
5 mins
Selected

when all things were one

or when all things were one and the same, humankind felt at one with the entire universe....
Peer comment(s):

agree giogi : this is a good option but what does it mean? There have ever been a moment when all the things were one? boh!
4 mins
you're right Giovanna! sometimes these texts can be rather ambiguous in meaning...
agree manducci : when all things were one: sorry, didn't read your answer properly first time.
17 hrs
no worries!
Something went wrong...
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Federica, Charles"
27 mins

when all things kept together

...
Something went wrong...
30 mins

when all things were in harmony

I think this is what they mean
Something went wrong...
+1
9 mins

When it all came together

The Last Organic Outpost: When It All Came Together
... When It All Came Together. It was the other night laying in a deep
sleep that I felt the touch from the distance, a powerful trace ...
www.lastorganicoutpost.com/art/ poetry/cametogether.html -

News | FAITH AND FILM: Seabiscuit
... I'm too dumb to know the difference!". But when it all came together,
it was a thing of beauty. Part of what made it so beautiful ...
www.reporterinteractive.org/news/080603/mv080603.htm

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 40 mins (2003-10-19 18:56:16 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

I believe this option makes it possible to interpret/translate the second half of the sentence without making it tautology... and it\'s got more than one dimension: when all things come together, they start making sense.
Peer comment(s):

agree Nancy Arrowsmith : everything came together
1 hr
Something went wrong...
+1
3 hrs

when all things were one, man felt in harmony/at one with the world

"Ancient structures such as Stonehenge, Avebury and others epitomise a time when man was at one with his environment"

" Before the worlds were formed all things were One; just Spirit, Universal Breath"
Peer comment(s):

agree Federica Masante : as it's the same as my suggestion!
13 hrs
Something went wrong...
5 hrs

When everything was as one (also: used to be as one)

good luck!
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search