Quello che c'è ciò che verrà Ciò che siamo stati E comunque andrà Tutto si dissolverà Nell'apparenza e nel reale Nel regno fisico o in quello astrale Tutto si dissolverà Sulle scogliere fissavo il mare Che biancheggiava nell'oscurità Tutto si dissolverà Bisognerà per forza Attraversare alla fine La porta dello spavento supremo Il sogno . . . Il nulla emanava la pietra grigia E attorno campi di zafferano Passavano donne bellissime In sete altere ... Passavano donne bellissime In sete altere ... La porta dello spavento supremo © 2004 Franco Battiato, Manlio Sgalambro & Fleur Jaeggy In "La porta dello spavento supremo," Sgalambro and Battiato trade verses, written by Sgalambro in the first part and by Fleur Jaeggy in "The Dream." Battiato said that the song came directly from the Vedas, where "it is said that to pass into more elevated spheres you must abandon not only material reality, but also your memory." |
That which is, what will come, what we were and in any case will go, everything will dissolve. In appearance and for real, in the physical realm or in the astral one, everything will dissolve. On the reefs I stared at the sea that whitened in obscurity – everything will dissolve. It will need perforce to cross over to the end – the door of the supreme fright. The dream . . . Nothingness emanated the gray rock and around fields of saphron beautiful women passed in proud silks. Beautiful women passed in proud silks. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Dieci stratagemmi - Attraversare il mare per ingannare il cielo was released in 2004. The title is a takeoff on the Chinese essay Thirty-Six Stratagems, which discusses strategies used in war and politics. The lyrics were mostly 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.
Monday, July 1, 2019
La porta dello spavento supremo - The Door of the Supreme Fright
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