Aspettando l'estate - Awaiting Summer

L'allegrezza del vento fuga i cattivi pensieri Mentre ogni ombra fugge via le giornate si accorciano La sera i fuochi inondano i dintorni di luce La tristezza non prevale su me Col canto la tengo lontana Le giornate si allungano Sto aspettando l'estate Anche se non ci sei tu sei sempre con me Per antiche abitudini Perchè ti rivedrò dovunque tu sia Aspettando l'estate all'ombra dell'ultimo sole Sospeso tra due alberi a immaginare L'estasi dei momenti d'ozio Voglio riscoprire aspettando l'estate Anche se non ci sei tu sei sempre con me E sono ancora sicuro che io ti rivedrò Dovunque tu sia Aspettando l'estate © 2007 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro "Aspettando l'estate" introduces nature as a counterpoint to the sense of emptiness that is the theme of the album.

The joy of the wind dispels bad thoughts. While every shadow runs away the days become shorter. At night, fires flood the surroundings with light. Sadness doesn’t prevail over me, with singing I hold it distant. The days become longer, I’m awaiting summer. Even if you’re not here you are always with me, out of ancient habit, because I will see you again wherever you may be. Awaiting summer in the shadow of the last sun, suspended between two trees to imagine the ecstasy of idle moments I want to rediscover, awaiting summer. Even if you’re not here you are always with me, and I am still certain that I’ll see you again wherever you might be. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Il vuoto was released in 2007. Battiato said of the album, "All of this disc talks essentially of emptiness. And for "emptiness" I don't mean only that as it relates to thoughts or considerations of a philosophical order, but precisely the problems and circumstances that each one of us is obligated to live every day." And of course there's the flip side of this negative emptiness: the emptiness one can reach through meditation which then allows the realization of new possibilities. The lyrics are again a collaboration between Battiato and the Sicilian philosopher Manlio Sgalambro.

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