Sui giardini della preesistenza - Over the Gardens of Pre-Existence

Torno a cantare il bene e gli splendori Dei sempre più lontani tempi d'oro Quando noi vivevamo in attenzione Perché non c'era posto per il sonno Perché non v'era notte allora Beati nel dominio della Preesistenza Fedeli al regno che era nei Cieli Prima della caduta sulla Terra Prima della rivolta nel dolore Prima della rivolta nel dolore Tu volavi lieve Sui giardini della preeternità Poi ti allungavi Sopra i gelsomini Ho visto dei cavalli in mezzo all'erba Seduti come lo sono spesso i cani E senza tregua vedo buio intorno Voglio di nuovo gioia nel mio cuore Un tempo in alto e pieno di allegria Beati nel dominio della Preesistenza Prima della caduta sulla Terra Prima della rivolta nel dolore Un tempo in alto Sui giardini della preesistenza © 1993 Franco Battiato "Sui giardini della preesisteza" is a song rooted in Sufism, which was the first pillar of Battiato's spiritual life and from which comes the doctrine of a heavenly pre-existence of the soul, far from the suffering and worries that humans experience after they incarnate on this earth.

I turn to sing of the good and the splendors of the ever more distant golden age when we lived in attentiveness, because there was no place for sleep, because then there was no night. Blissful in the domain of Pre-Existence, loyal to the kingdom that was in the Heavens before the fall to Earth, before the uprising in suffering, before the uprising in suffering. You flew gently over the gardens of pre-eternity then you stretched out over the jasmine. I saw some horses in the grass seated like dogs often are, and without respite I see darkness all around. I want joy back in my heart, once high and full of happiness. Blissful in the domain of Pre-Existence, before the fall to Earth, before the uprising in suffering, once high. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Caffé de la Paix was released in 1993 and sees a return to using rock band instrumentation on some of the songs, combined with both classical/orchestral textures and the use of Eastern ethnic instruments like tabla and tanbur. The album brings together many of Battiato's cultural and musical interests, and the Caffé of its title refers to the Paris café where George Gurdjieff often went to write and to meet his students. The teachings of Gurdjieff are one of the three spiritual pillars in Battiato's life and work, along with Sufism and Tibetan Buddhism.

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