Tiepido Aprile - Mild April

Attraversi il bosco tiepido Aprile Consoli da sempre il viandante Pensieri leggeri si uniscono alle resine dei pini Si fa chiara la mente come nuvola Pensieri leggeri si uniscono alle luci e ai colori Al silenzio lontano delle nuvole Entri dentro le case tiepido Aprile Risvegli all'amore gli amanti Mi affido al vento ai profumi del tempo Agli umori delle stagioni a meridione Pensieri leggeri si uniscono alle resine dei pini Al silenzio lontano delle nuvole Tiepido Aprile © 2007 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro "Tiepido Aprile" is a romantic lied, or art song, inspired by Battiato's love of nature.

You traverse the woods, mild April, consoling the traveler since forever. Light thoughts coalesce in the pine resins, the mind like a cloud is made clear. Light thoughts coalesce in the lights and colors, in the distant silence of the clouds. You enter inside the houses, mild April, awakening lovers to love. I give myself over to the wind, to the weather’s smells, to the moods of the seasons to the South. Light thoughts coalesce in the pine resins, in the distant silence of the clouds. 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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