Translation of the song lyrics Il Frate - Francesco Guccini

Il Frate - Francesco Guccini
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Song from the album: L'Isola Non Trovata
In the genre:Фолк-рок
Release date:31.12.2006
Song language:Italian
Record label:EMI Music Italy

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Il Frate (original)Il Frate (translation)
Lo chiamavano «Il frate», il nome di tutta una vita They called him "Il frate", the name of a whole life
Segno di una fede perduta, di una vocazione finita Sign of a lost faith, of a finished vocation
Lo vedevi arrivare vestito di stracci e stranezza You saw him arrive dressed in rags and strangeness
Mentre la malizia dei bimbi rideva della sua saggezza… While the malice of the children laughed at his wisdom ...
Dopo un bicchiere di vino, con frasi un po' ironiche e amare After a glass of wine, with somewhat ironic and bitter phrases
Parlava in tedesco e in latino, parlava di Dio e Schopenhauer He spoke in German and Latin, he spoke of God and Schopenhauer
E parlava, parlava, con me che lo stavo a sentire And he talked, talked, with me who was listening to him
Mentre la sera d’estate non voleva morire… While on a summer evening he didn't want to die ...
Viveva di tutto e di niente, di vino che muove i ricordi He lived on everything and nothing, on wine that moves memories
Di carità della gente, di dei e filosofi sordi… Of people's charity, of deaf gods and philosophers ...
Chiacchiere d’un ubriaco con salti di tempo e di spazio Chat of a drunkard with jumps of time and space
Storie di sbornie e di amori che non capivano Orazio… Stories of hangovers and loves that Horace did not understand ...
E quelle sere d’estate sapevan di vino e di scienza And those summer evenings smelled of wine and science
Con me che lo stavo a sentire con colta benevolenza With me who was listening to him with cultured benevolence
Ma non ho ancora capito, mentre lo stavo a ascoltare But I still didn't understand, as I listened to him
Chi fosse a prendere in giro, chi dei due fosse a imparare… Who was the fool, which of the two was learning ...
Ma non ho ancora capito, fra risa per donne e per Dio But I still haven't understood, between laughter for women and for God
Se fosse lui il disperato o il disperato son io… If he was the desperate or the desperate, I am ...
Ma non ho ancora capito con la mia cultura fasulla But I still don't get it with my bogus culture
Chi avesse capito la vita, chi non capisse ancor nulla…Who had understood life, who still did not understand anything ...
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