Io sono. Io chi sono? Il cielo è primordialmente puro ed immutabile Mentre le nubi sono temporanee Le comuni apparenze scompaiono Con l'esaurirsi di tutti i fenomeni Tutto è illusorio privo di sostanza Tutto è vacuità E siamo qui ancora vivi di nuovo qui Da tempo immemorabile Qui non si impara niente sempre gli stessi errori Inevitabilmente gli stessi orrori da sempre come sempre Però in una stanza vuota la luce si unisce allo spazio Sono una cosa sola inseparabili La luce si unisce allo spazio in una cosa sola Io sono. Io chi sono? La luce si unisce allo spazio in una cosa sola indivisibili Io sono. Io chi sono? Io chi sono? © 2007 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro |
I am. Who am I? The sky is primordially pure and immutable while the clouds are temporary. Common occurrences disappear with the exhaustion of all phenomena. Everything is illusory, without substance. Everything is emptiness. And we are still here alive, here again from time immemorial. Here one never learns, always the same mistakes. Inevitably the same horrors, since forever as always. But in an empty room the light comes together with the space. I am a thing alone, inseparable. The light comes together with the space in a single thing. I am. Who am I? The light comes together with the space in a single indivisible thing. I am. Who am I? 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. |
Franco Battiato - musician, singer/songwriter, composer of electronic, avant-garde and classical music, filmmaker, painter, student of history and of esoteric and spiritual traditions. Battiato was by turns intellectual, poetic, visceral and meditative; his musical journey and artistic voice are absolutely unique in the landscape of Italian pop music. His career was marked by multiple reinventions as he followed his muse for over fifty years of making music and meaning.
Friday, August 2, 2019
Io chi sono? - Who Am I?
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