Translation of the song lyrics Vite - Francesco Guccini

Vite - Francesco Guccini
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Vite , by -Francesco Guccini
Song from the album: Ritratti
In the genre:Поп
Release date:31.12.2003
Song language:Italian
Record label:EMI Music Italy

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Mi affascina il mistero delle vite I am fascinated by the mystery of lives
che si dipanano lungo la scacchiera that unfold along the chessboard
di giorni e strade, foto scolorite of days and streets, faded photos
memoria di vent anni o di una sera. memory of twenty years or one evening.
E mi coinvolge l eterno gocciolare And I am involved in the eternal dripping
e il tempo sopra il viso di un passante and time over the face of a passer-by
e il chiedermi se nei suoi occhi appare and asking myself if it appears in his eyes
l insulto di una morte o di un amante, the insult of a death or a lover,
la rete misteriosa dei rapporti the mysterious network of relationships
che lega coi suoi fili evanescenti that binds with its evanescent threads
la giostra eterna di ragioni o torti the eternal carousel of reasons or wrongs
il rintocco scaglioso dei momenti, the scaly toll of moments,
il mondo visto con gli occhi asfaltati the world seen with asphalted eyes
rincorrendo il balletto delle ore chasing the ballet of the hours
noi che sappiamo dove siamo nati we who know where we were born
ma non sapremo mai dove si muore. but we will never know where we die.
Mi piace rovistare nei ricordi I like to rummage through memories
di altre persone, inverni o primavere of other people, winters or springs
per perdere o trovare dei raccordi to lose or find connections
nell apparente caos di un rigattiere: in the apparent chaos of a second-hand dealer:
quadri per cui qualcuno?paintings for whom anyone?
stato in posa, been posing,
un cannocchiale che ha guardato un punto, a telescope that has looked at a point,
un mappamondo, due bijou, una rosa, a globe, two bijou, a rose,
ciarpame un tempo bello e ora consunto, junk once beautiful and now worn,
pensare chi pu?think who can?
averli adoperati, having used them,
cercare una risposta alla sciarada seek an answer to the charade
del perch?why?
sono stati abbandonati have been abandoned
come un cane lasciato sulla strada. like a dog left on the road.
Oggetti che qualcuno ha forse amato Objects that someone has perhaps loved
ora giacciono l?, senza un padrone, now they lie there, without a master,
senza funzione, senza storia o stato, without function, without history or status,
nell intreccio di caso o di ragione. in the intertwining of chance or reason.
E la mia vita cade in altra vita And my life falls into another life
ed io mi sento solamente un punto and I only feel a point
lungo la retta lucida e infinita along the clear and infinite line
di un meccanismo immobile e presunto. of an immobile and presumed mechanism.
Tu sei quelli che son venuti prima You are the ones who came first
che in parte hai conosciuto, e quelli dopo that you have known in part, and those after
che non conoscerai, come una rima that you will not know, like a rhyme
vibrante e bella, per?vibrant and beautiful, though?
senza scopo. without purpose.
E inutile cercare una risposta, It is useless to look for an answer,
sai che non ce ne sono e allora tenti you know there are none and then you try
un bussare distratto a quella porta an absent-minded knock on that door
che si chiuse soltanto ai sentimenti. which closed only to feelings.
Non saprai e non sai. You will not know and you do not know.
Questo dolore che vagli fra le magli di un tuo cribro This pain that you sift through the mallets of one of your cribers
svanisce un po nel contemplare un fiore it vanishes a little in contemplating a flower
si scorda fra le pagine di un libro. forgets between the pages of a book.
Perch?Why?
non si fa a meno di altre vite you do not do without other lives
anche rubate a pagine che sfogli even stolen from pages you flip through
oziosamente, e ambiguo le hai assorbite idly, and ambiguously you have absorbed them
da fantasmi inventati che tu spogli from invented ghosts that you undress
rivestendoti in loro piano piano dressing yourself in them slowly
come se ti scoprissi in uno specchio as if you discovered yourself in a mirror
L Uomo a Dublino, o l?Man in Dublin, or l?
ultimo Mohicano last Mohican
che ai 25 si sentiva vecchio. that at 25 he felt old.
E percorriamo strade non pi?And do we walk roads no more?
usate used
figurando chi un giorno ci passava figuring who one day spent there
e scrutiamo le case abbandonate and we scan the abandoned houses
chiedendoci che vite le abitava, wondering what lives lived there,
perch?why?
la nostra?our?
sufficiente appena just enough
ne mescoliamo inconsciamente il sensowe unconsciously mix its meaning
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