Translation of the song lyrics Antenòr - Francesco Guccini

Antenòr - Francesco Guccini
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Antenòr , by -Francesco Guccini
Song from the album Metropolis
in the genreПоп
Release date:31.12.2006
Song language:Italian
Record labelEMI Music Italy
Antenòr (original)Antenòr (translation)
Si chiamava Antenòr e niente, si chiamava Antenòr e basta It was called Antenòr and nothing, it was called Antenòr and that's it
Perché per certa gente non importa grado o casta Because for some people it doesn't matter rank or caste
Importa come vivi, ma forse neanche quello It matters how you live, but maybe not even that
Importa se sai usare bene il laccio od il coltello… It matters if you know how to use the snare or the knife well ...
Antenòr uscì di casa, uscì di casa quella sera Antenòr left the house, he left the house that evening
Garrivano i suoi pensieri come fossero bandiera Her thoughts spread about him as if they were a flag
Ma gli occhi erano fessura e il viso tirato a brutto But his eyes were slit and his face ugly
Come all’età in cui credi d’aver fatto quasi tutto… As at the age when you think you have done almost everything ...
Un cavallo nitrì, ma quando?A horse neighed, but when?
Una donna rise, ma dove? A woman laughed, but where?
La luna, uno scudo bianco, un carro le stanghe in alto The moon, a white shield, a chariot, the shafts above
Chitarra, ozio, parole, chitarra, ozio, parole Guitar, leisure, words, guitar, leisure, words
La pampa, un ricordo stanco, un mare quell’erba nera The pampas, a tired memory, a sea of ​​black grass
Può darsi fosse romantico, ma lui non lo sapeva Maybe it was romantic, but he didn't know it
Ma lui non lo sapeva, ma lui non lo sapeva… But he didn't know, but he didn't know ...
Quella donna rideva ad ore, quella luna solo uno sputo That woman laughed by the hour, that moon just a spit
E per quel cavallo non avrebbe speso anche un minuto And he wouldn't have spent a minute on that horse
È difficile far rumore sulle cose che ci hai ogni giorno It's hard to make noise about the things you have in it every day
Le tue braghe, il tuo sudore e l’odore che porti attorno… Your breeches, your sweat and the smell you carry around ...
La cantina era quasi vuota, scarsa d’uomini e d’allegria The cellar was almost empty, lacking in men and merriment
Se straniero, l’avresti detta quasi piena di nostalgia If a foreigner, you would have said it almost full of nostalgia
Nostalgia ma di che cosa, d’un oceano mai guardato Nostalgia but for what, for an ocean never looked at
Di un’Europa mai sentita, d’un linguaggio mai parlato? Of a Europe never heard of, of a language never spoken?
Antenòr chiese da bere e scambiò qualche saluto Antenòr asked for a drink and exchanged a few greetings
Calmo e serio danzò tutto il rituale ormai saputo Calm and serious, he danced the whole known ritual
Uomo e uguale coi suoi pari, quasi pari con gli anziani Man is equal with his peers, almost equal with the elderly
Come breve quella sera, come lunghi i suoi domani How short that evening, how long his tomorrows
Proprio allora qualcuno, entrando nella luce, da dentro al buio Just then someone, stepping into the light, from within the dark
Lo insultò appena, sussurrando, ma sembrava che stesse urlando He just insulted him, whispering, but it sounded like he was screaming
Come per uno schiaffo, come per uno sputo… As for a slap, as for a spit ...
Antenòr lo guardò sorpreso, lo studiò e non lo conosceva Antenòr looked at him surprised, studied him and did not know him
E il motivo restò sospeso fra la gente ferma in attesa And the reason remained suspended among the people standing waiting
E lui non lo sapeva, e lui non lo sapeva And he didn't know, and he didn't know
Poi sentì di una donna il nome, già scordato o non conosciuto Then he heard a woman's name, already forgotten or unknown
Quante volte per altri è vita quello che per noi è un minuto How many times for others what life is for us is a minute
Guardò gli uomini per cercare occhi, dialogo, spiegazione He looked at the men for eyes, dialogue, explanation
Ma se non trovò condanne, non trovò un’assoluzione… But if he did not find convictions, he did not find an acquittal ...
Antenòr uscì di fuori, bilanciando il suo coltello Antenòr came out, balancing his knife
Per danzare malvolentieri passi e ritmi del duello To dance unwillingly steps and rhythms of the duel
Una donna non ricordata ed un uomo mai visto prima An unremembered woman and a man never seen before
Lo legavano tra loro come versi con la rima They tied it together like verses with rhyme
Fintò basso e scartò di lato, quanti sguardi sentì sul viso He feigned low and swept aside, how many looks he felt on his face
Si sentì migliore e stanco, si sentì come un sorriso He felt better and tired, he felt like a smile
Che serata tutta al contrario, proprio niente da ricordare What a completely reverse evening, nothing to remember
Puntò il ferro contro il viso, vide il sangue zampillare He aimed the iron at his face, saw the blood gush
Tutto quanto era stato un lampo, Antenòr respirava forte Everything had been a flash, Antenòr was breathing hard
Fece il gesto di offrir la mano, guardò l’altro e capì pian piano He made the gesture of offering his hand, looked at the other and understood slowly
Che tutto era stato invano, che l’altro cercava morte That everything had been in vain, that the other was looking for death
E capì che doveva farlo, farlo in fretta perché non c’era And he understood that he had to do it, do it quickly because he wasn't there
Un motivo per ammazzarlo, l’altro cadde e non rispondeva One reason to kill him, the other fell and did not answer
E lui non lo sapeva, e lui non lo sapeva And he didn't know, and he didn't know
Antenòr lo guardò cadere, sentì dire «la colpa è mia» Antenòr watched him fall, he heard "it's my fault"
Sentì dire «è stato un uomo», sentì dire «fuggi via!» He heard "it was a man", he heard "run away!"
La giustizia disse «bandito», ma un poeta gli avrebbe detto Justice said "bandit", but a poet would have told him
Che era come l’Ebreo errante, come il Batavo maledetto… That he was like the wandering Jew, like the cursed Batavo ...
Quante volte ci è capitato di trovarci di fronte a un muro How many times has it happened to us to find ourselves in front of a wall
Quante volte abbiam picchiato, quante volte subito duro How many times have we hit, how many times immediately hard
Quante cose nate per sbaglio, quanti sbagli nati per caso How many things born by mistake, how many mistakes born by chance
Quante volte l’orizzonte non va oltre il nostro naso How many times the horizon does not go beyond our nose
Quante volte ci sembra piana, mentre sotto gioca d’azzardo How many times it seems flat to us, while underneath it gambles
Questa vita che ci birilla come bocce da biliardo This life that pricks us like billiards
Questa cosa che non sappiamo, questo conto senza gli osti This thing we do not know, this account without the hosts
Questo gioco da giocare fino in fondo a tutti i costi…This game to be played to the full at all costs ...
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