Siamo detriti, relitti umani, trascinati da un fiume in piena Che non conosce soste nè destinazione La nostra mente, le nostre azioni, sono la 'causa', gli effetti Invece, il nostro destino Ciò che deve accadere, accadrà, qualunque cosa facciamo per evitarlo, ciò che deve accadere, accadrà Perchè è già accaduto! Eri con me, ma io non ero con te Sei con me, ma io non sono con te Ero con te, ma tu non eri con me Viviamo nell'impermanenza, nell'incertezza della vita condizionata, ma ci ricorderemo di noi segretamente Arriverà il giorno atteso a schiudere gli impediti passaggi Prepariamoci a nuove esistenze... Eri con me, ma io non ero con te Sei con me, ma io non sono con te Ero con te, ma tu non eri, non eri, con me Eri con me © 2012 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro "Eri con me" was written for Alice's 2012 album Samsara. Battiato presents it here with a different arrangement. |
We are detritus, human wreckage, swept by a river full that knows no breaks nor destination. Our mind, our actions, are the “cause.” The effects, instead, our destiny, that which should happen, will happen no matter what we do to avoid it. That which should happen, will happen, because it already happened! You were with me, but I wasn’t with you. You are with me, but I am not with you. I was with you, but you weren’t with me. We live in impermanence, in the uncertainty of conditioned life, but we will remember ourselves secretly. The long-anticipated day will come to pry open the blocked passages. Let’s prepare for new existences . . . You were with me, but I wasn’t with you. You are with me, but I am not with you. I was with you, but you weren’t with me. 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.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Eri con me - You Were With Me
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