Lyrics of La falena - Gino Paoli, Danilo Rea

La falena (original)

La falena
La luce era per lei, la grande falena,
e lui l’adora sempre in fondo alla scena,
lui il piccolo sardo lontano dalle stelle,
con un reso di mare ancora sulla pelle.
Per lei la grande artista, se artista vuol dire,
ballare bianca e nuda per far divertire,
regina di sogni, di voglie e di botte,
in quel piccolo buio in fondo alla notte.
Poi una storia inutile, di rabbia e gelosia,
di nessuno sarai, se non sarai piu' mia;
una nottata di coltello ed e' finita,
e l’ha portata via senza la vita.
E lui e' partito in fretta, e lei era in cielo,
e va' cercando nei night club del paradiso,
sui grandi manifesti che portano il suo viso,
la sua regina delle notti bianche,
la sua falena dalle ali stanche,
la luce era per lei, la grande falena.

(translation)

The moth
The light was for her, the great moth,
and he always adores her at the back of the scene,
he the little Sardinian far from the stars,
with a sea effect still on the skin.
For her the great artist, if artist means,
dancing white and naked to entertain,
queen of dreams, desires and blows,
in that little darkness at the end of the night.
Then a useless story, of anger and jealousy,
you will be none, if you are no longer mine;
a night with a knife and it's over,
and she took it away without life.
And he left quickly, and she was in heaven,
and she goes looking in the night clubs of paradise,
on the large posters that bear her face,
his queen of white nights,
her moth of her with weary wings,
the light was for her, the great moth.