Translation of the song lyrics Preghiera In Gola - Carmen Consoli

Preghiera In Gola (original)

La si vedeva ogni mattina
Col suo cappotto verde e delle eccentriche scarpe rosse
Da quasi 20 anni alla finestra con il rosario al petto e una preghiera in gola
La si vedeva ogni mattina andare in contro all’uomo della posta e tornare delusa
Da quasi 20 anni nell’attesa di una notizia possiam chiamare dolorosa
Sembrava fosse giunto un angelo a farle visita
Aveva occhi grandi e un corteo di nuvole
Contornava enormi ali bianche
Nell’impetuoso fluire del tempo
Nutriva la speranza che tornasse quel figlio disperso al fronte
Nei pomeriggi dalla sua finestra
Fissava un punto conteso
Tra idillio e noia
Sembrava fosse giunto un angelo a farle visita
Aveva occhi grande e un corteo di nuvole
Contornava enormi ali bianche
Celestiale sembianze
Intensi occhi grandi custodi di un addio
Sembrava fosse giunto un angelo
A farle visita aveva occhi grandi e un corteo di nuvole
Contornava enormi ali bianche
Celestiale sembianze
Intensi occhi grandi custodi di un addio
Custodi di un addio

Preghiera In Gola (translation)

You saw her every morning
About her With her green coat and eccentric red shoes
For almost 20 years at the window with a rosary on her chest and a prayer in her throat
You could see her every morning going up to the postman and returning disappointed
For almost 20 years, waiting for news we can call it painful
It seemed an angel had come to visit her
She had big eyes and a procession of clouds
She surrounded enormous white wings
In the impetuous flow of time
She harbored the hope that that missing son would return to the front
In her afternoons from her window
She was staring at a disputed point
Between idyll and boredom
It seemed an angel had come to visit her
She had big eyes and a procession of clouds
She surrounded enormous white wings
Heavenly appearance
Intense big eyes guardians of a farewell
It seemed an angel had arrived
Visiting her she had big eyes and a procession of clouds
She surrounded enormous white wings
Heavenly appearance
Intense big eyes guardians of a farewell
Farewell keepers