Lyrics of L'Incontro - Andrea Bocelli, Bono

L'Incontro (original)

While like a giant, proud and happy,
I take my baby in my arms, fragile, innocent, and alive
And like a little bird he’s pushing against my chest
Abandoned, quiet and safe, for an instant, almost sweetly
My destiny appears to me like a dream
And I see myself, old and surrendered,
Seated there near the coalfire,
Waiting for the evening with the anxiety of a child,
Just to see him coming back home
With the gift of his smile, of his words and kindness
It’s like a promise that can solve the enormous joy
Of one of his caresses
Then I wake up and I have already forgotten
But inside of me the kid’s trapped soul advises me
That his new born child is already more important to me
than that of my own life…
… e restai davanti a lui per un po'
e ascoltai nell’aria por l’afferai
Lui apr?
la mano e poi me tocc?
il naso sfior?
la bocca
lo l’abbracciai ed il mondo gir?
di pi?
intorno a noi ogni cosa poi fior?
E restai fermo cos?
per un po'
E fu li che il tempo ci ritrov?
Lui apr?
la mano e poi mi tocc?
il naso sfior?
la bocca
lo l’abbracciai ed il mondo gir?
di pi?
intorno a noi ogni cosa poi fior?
Coro: il mondo?
un puntino di luice blu che gira e va con il soffio degli
angeli
lo l’abbracciai ed il mondo gir?
di pi?
Corp: che gira e va con il con il soffio degli angeli
lo l’abbracciai e restai cos?, cos?

(translation)

While like a giant, proud and happy,
I take my baby in my arms, fragile, innocent, and alive
And like a little bird he's pushing against my chest
Abandoned, quiet and safe, for an instant, almost sweetly
My destiny appears to me like a dream
And I see myself, old and surrendered,
Seated there near the coalfire,
Waiting for the evening with the anxiety of a child,
Just to see him coming back home
With the gift of his smile di lui, of his words and kindness
It’s like a promise that can solve the enormous joy
Of one of his caresses
Then I wake up and I have already forgotten
But inside of me the kid's trapped soul advises me
That his new born child is already more important to me
than that of my own life ...
... and I stood in front of him for a while
and I listened in the air for the business
He opened
hand and then touched me?
the nose brushed?
the mouth
I hugged him and the world turned?
more?
everything around us then flourished?
And I stood still like that?
for a while'
And was it there that time found us again?
He opened
hand and then touched me?
the nose brushed?
the mouth
I hugged him and the world turned?
more?
everything around us then flourished?
Chorus: the world?
a dot of blue luice that turns and goes with the breath of
angels
I hugged him and the world turned?
more?
Corp: that turns and goes with the with the breath of the angels
I hugged him and remained so, so?