Era magnifico quel tempo, com'era bello Quando eravamo collegati, perfettamente Al luogo e alle persone che avevamo scelto Prima di nascere Il tuo cuore è come una pietra coperta di muschio Niente la corrompe Il tuo corpo è colonna di fuoco affinchè Arda, e faccia ardere Le mie braccia si arrendono facilmente Le tue ossa non sentono dolore I minerali di cui siamo composti Tornano, ritornano all'acqua Un suono di campane Lontano, irresistibile, il richiamo Che invita alla preghiera del tramonto Gentile è lo specchio, guardo e vedo Che la mia anima ha un volto Ti saluto divinità della mia terra... Il richiamo mi invita Il tuo cuore è come una pietra coperta di muschio Niente la corrompe Il tuo corpo è colonna di fuoco affinchè Arda, e faccia ardere Un suono di campane Lontano, irresistibile, il richiamo Che invita alla preghiera del tramonto Un suono di campane Lontano, irresistibile, il richiamo Che invita alla preghiera del tramonto Un irresistibile richiamo © 2012 Franco Battiato & Manlio Sgalambro |
It was magnificent that time, how beautiful, when we were connected, perfectly, to the place and the people we had chosen before being born. Your heart is like a rock covered in moss, nothing breaks it. Your body is a column of fire so that it burns, and makes burn. My arms surrender easily. Your bones feel no pain. The minerals we’re composed of go back and return to the water. A bell sound, distant, irresistible, the call that invites to evening prayer. Friendly is the mirror, I look and see that my spirit has a face. I salute you divinity of my land . . . The call invites me. Your heart is like a rock, covered in moss, nothing breaks it. Your body is a column of fire so that it burns, and makes burn. A bell sound, distant, irresistible, the call that invites to evening prayer. A bell sound, distant, irresistible, the call that invites to evening prayer. 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 10, 2019
Un irresistibile richiamo - An Irresistible Recall
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