Il cielo mi sembra di lacca e madreperla Che l'orizzonte adorna La costellazione del camaleonte emana poca luce È insignificante Dal sud affolla il vespertino E inonda di colori il giorno Per me, che amo quello che non è Salta dalla fantasia e via per il mondo, via per il mondo La corona boreale che Bacco scagliò verso l'ignoto Verso l'infinito Il sud inonda di colori il giorno Per me, che amo quello che non è L'incantesimo di perdute esistenze che non saranno mai Le speranze di presenze intorno a noi L'incantesimo che ama quello che non è L'incantesimo © 1998 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro "L'incantesimo" was inspired by contemplating the dawn sky. It originally appeared as part of a 4-song "single" with other songs from the Gomalacca album. |
The sky seems of lacquer and mother-of-pearl
that adorns the horizon.
The Chameleon constellation
emits little light,
it’s insignificant.
From the south it crowds the evening
and floods the day with colors,
for me, who loves that which is not.
It leaps from fantasy and heads for the world, heads for the world. The Corona Borealis that Dionysus hurled towards the unknown, towards the infinite. The south floods the day with colors, for me, who loves what is not, the enchantment of lost existences that will never be, the hopes of presences inside us, the enchantment that loves that which is not. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Inneres Auge - Il tutto è più della somma delle sue parti (Inner Eye - The Whole Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts) was released in 2009. The album consists of two originals, one cover and reworkings of previously released songs. |
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.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
L'incantesimo - The Enchantment
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