Medievale - Medieval

Sdraiato su un'amaca A prendere il sole Leggendo un libro Di poesia medievale “Amor quando mi membra Li temporal che vanno Che m'han tenuto danno Già non é maraviglia s'io sconforto Però talor mi sembra Ciascuna gioia affanno E lealtate inganno E ciascuna ragion mi pare torto” Un fascio di serici sogni Incorona le notti e i riposi Un balzo di tigre inquieta Mi sveglia al giorno E paremi vedere Fera dismisuranza Chi buon'uso e leanza Voglia a lo mondo Già mai mantenere Più che'n gran soperchianza Torna per me piacere E'n gran follia savere Per ch'io son stato lasso, in gran erranza “Amor quando mi membra Li temporal che vanno Che m'han tenuto danno Già non é maraviglia s'io sconforto Però talor mi sembra Ciascuna gioia affanno E lealtate inganno E ciascuna ragion mi pare torto” Medievale © 1999 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro "Medievale" includes the first part of a poem, Amor, quando mi membra, by the 13th century Florentine poet Bondie Dietaiuti.

Stretched out on a hammock to take in the sun, reading a book of medieval poetry - “Love, when I remember the times that run, that did me harm, it’s not strange if I get discouraged. Because already it seems to me that every joy is breathless, and loyalty is a trick, and every right is a wrong.” A bundle of silky dreams crowns the nights and periods of rest. A leap of restless tiger wakens me to the day, and he seems to me to view cruel excess towards whoever wants to preserve good dress and loyalties in the world. Inasmuch as it transforms into grave excess my pleasure, and into great folly the knowing, given that I fell, into grievous fault. “Love, when I remember the times that run, that did me harm, it’s not strange if I get discouraged. Because already it seems to me that every joy is breathless, and loyalty is a trick, and every right is a wrong.” English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Fleurs was released in 1999. A collection of mostly covers, it includes two previously unreleased songs by Battiato/Sgalambro.

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