Hiver - Winter

En ce temps là je dormais dans un petit lit dans un coin, et j’obserais cet ami, veuf qui partageait son existence avec moi. Quelquefois dans le crèpuscule la monotonie, Mais J’ætais douce, je me pliais æ ce que je Supposais etre l’ordre fe l’univers Il ouvrait les fenêtres pour laisser entrer un peu d’aire et Quand il neigeait, le ven soufflait la neige, Et tous les deux assis on attendait Que l’hiver continue. Hiver © 1978 Franco Battiato & Fleur Jaeggy The lyrics for "Hiver" are taken from a novel, The Water Statues, by the Swiss writer Fleur Jaeggy, who writes in Italian, here translated into French.

At that time I was sleeping in a small bed, in a corner, and I would observe this friend, a widower, who was sharing his existence with me. Sometimes in the twilight, the monotony . . . But I was sweet, I was complaining that I was supposed to be the order of the universe. He opened the windows to let in a little air and, when it was snowing, the wind blew in the snow, and we both sat there waiting for the winter to continue. English translation © 2020 Juke Box was released in 1978, and the mostly instrumental music was originally composed for a film about Filippo Brunelleschi. "Abstract romanticism, dry, astringent violin drones, repeated descending piano notes and operatic vocals (provided by Alide Maria Salvetta and Juri Camisasca) with a distinct experimental and esoteric vibe. An insular and introverted place in music. ” – SoundOhm review.

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