Vento, tu che sei passato sul sobborgo Ed hai abbeverato le colline assetate Porta a me le cupe nuvole Affinché le possa riempire d’acqua Con le mie lacrime Borghi, verso i quali s’incamminano le disgrazie Come lupi che s’incamminano nella selva Là, dove ho accompagnato i leoni all’acqua Ed ho visitato tane di gazzelle Dietro di te oh mare, ho un paradiso da scoprire Dove c’è contentezza e miseria alcuna Se di giorno penso di conquistare La sera tu me lo rinneghi Ho ceduto ai desideri che il mare mi ha proibito di incontrare E farò della mezzaluna un battello Per abbracciare l’ardere di quel fuoco E farò della mezzaluna un battello Per abbracciare l’ardere di quel fuoco Oh tu Aurora portami la luce, tu Aurora portami la luce La Mente è qualcosa di stupefacente, un tesoro che soddisfa il desiderio, uno scrigno di ogni possibile cosa Aurora © 2012 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro "Aurora" includes some verses from the 11th/12th-century Sicilian Arab poet Ibn Hamdis as adapted by the Palestinian songwriter Nabil Salameh. |
Wind, you who passed through the suburb and saked the parched hills, bring me dark clouds so I might refill them with water, with my tears. Hamlets, towards which misfortunes set out like wolves that wander the wilderness. There, where I accompanied the lions to the water and visited dens of gazelles. Behind you, oh sea, I have a paradise to discover. Where there is contentedness and some sorrow, if by day I think of conquering, by night you repudiate me. I believed in the desires that the sea kept me from encountering. And I’ll make of the crescent moon a boat to embrace the blaze of that fire. And I’ll make of the crescent moon a boat to embrace the blaze of that fire. Oh you, Aurora, bring me the light. You, Aurora, bring me the light. The Mind is something amazing, a treasure that satisfies desire, a chest of every possible thing. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Apriti sesamo was released in 2012. The lyrics were co-written by 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.
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Aurora
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