Con la fine dell'estate Come in un romanzo l'eroina Visse veramente prigioniera Con te dietro la finestra guardavamo Le rondini sfrecciare in alto in verticale Ogni tanto un aquilone Nell'aria curva dava obliquità a quel tempo Che lascia andare via, che lascia andare via Gli idrogeni nel mare dell'oblio Da una crepa sulla porta ti spiavo nella stanza Un profumo invase l'anima E una luce prese posto sulla cima delle palme Con te dietro la finestra guardavamo Le rondini sfrecciare in alto in verticale Lungo strade di campagna Stavamo bene Per orgoglio non dovevi Lasciarmi andare via, lasciarmi andare via Ogni tanto un aquilone Nell'aria curva dava obliquità a quel tempo Che lascia andare via, che lascia andare via Gli idrogeni nel mare dell'oblio Quando me ne andai di casa Finsi un'allegria ridicola Dei ragazzi uscivano da scuola Dietro alla stazione sopra una corriera L'addio L'addio © 2007 Franco Battiato, Ippolito Avalli & Mino Di Martino "L'addio" was originally written for Giuni Russo's 1981 album Energie, all songs on which were co-written by Battiato. |
With the end of summer, like in a novel the heroine experienced truly being prisoner. With you behind the window we watched the swallows darting up high vertically. Once in a while a kite in the curved air gave a slant in those times that let go away, that let go away the hydrogen in the sea of oblivion. By a crack in the door I spied you in the room. A smell invaded the soul and a light took seat atop the palm trees. With you behind the window we watched the swallows darting up high vertically along country roads. We were doing fine. Out of pride you didn’t have to let me go away, let me go away. Once in a while a kite in the curved air gave slant in those times that let go away, that let go away the hydrogen in the sea of oblivion. When I left home I feigned a ridiculous happiness of kids going out to school. Behind the station above a coach, the farewell. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Fleurs 2 was released in 2008. Like the two previous Fleurs albums, it is a collection of covers plus two Battiato songs previously done by other artists. |
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.
Sunday, September 1, 2019
L'addio - The Farewell
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