| Io che sognavo di volare sopra i suoi respiri
| I who dreamed of flying over his breaths
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| Ma che i profili dei camini non li vidi mai
| But I never saw the profiles of the fireplaces
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| Perché tanti dei miei voli erano solo voli falliti
| Because so many of my flights were just failed flights
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| Come i primi tentativi dei fratelli Wright
| Like the first attempts of the Wright brothers
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| C'è chi dice viva nei miti e trasporti i sogni alle folle
| There are those who say live in myths and transport dreams to crowds
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| Che abbia insegnato a stare attenti alle forme, a stare a tempo alle foglie
| That she taught to be careful of shapes, to stay in time with the leaves
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| Che abbia una scienza enorme nel coglierle
| That he has enormous science in grasping them
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| Che abbia insegnato le movenze alle fronde delle paulonie
| That he taught the movements to the branches of the paulonia
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| Attenti ad affondi e a manovre alla rotta delle flotte delle parole
| Beware of lunges and maneuvers on the route of the fleets of words
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| Arrivano dal fondo senza dire mai dove
| They come from the bottom without ever saying where
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| Si dice che parli attraverso i via vai nei laghi delle onde di polvere
| It is said that you speak through the comings and goings in the lakes of dust waves
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| O il battito delle porte imposte esposte ad ovest
| Or the knock of the imposed doors facing west
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| Io credo a chi sa leggere i pollini sollevati nei vortici
| I believe in those who can read the pollen raised in the vortexes
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| (Sì) Senza sbagliare scia
| (Yes) Without making a mistake
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| Per me non è un evento, è un concetto
| For me it is not an event, it is a concept
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| O almeno è un elemento in concerto
| Or at least it's an element in concert
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| Che manda le navi del senso sugli scogli della sua armonia
| That sends the ships of sense on the rocks of its harmony
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| Un giorno lo vidi, sulla linea costiera cosparsa di viti
| One day I saw him, on the vine-strewn coastline
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| Una piccola casa in sassi e lamiera, tra lavanda e ulivi
| A small house in stones and sheet metal, between lavender and olive trees
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| Là in mezzo sommerso dove il sole divora i crinali
| There in the submerged middle where the sun devours the ridges
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| Non sentivo più freddo, avevo solo gli occhi più chiari e puliti
| I didn't feel cold anymore, I just had clearer and cleaner eyes
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| Muove le barche poi entra in un bar che oggi non apre
| He moves the boats then enters a bar that does not open today
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| Il proprietario ricorda il proprio padre
| The owner remembers his father
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| Quante volte ha letto «chiuso per lutto»
| How many times has he read "closed for mourning"
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| Ma non immaginava il giorno in cui l’avrebbe scritto
| But he did not imagine the day he would write it
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| Sospetto esista una vita oltre la morte, ho degli indizi
| I suspect there is a life after death, I have clues
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| Ma mancano le prove, gli indirizzi
| But there is no evidence, no addresses
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| Perché si mangia tutto, cannibalismo
| Because you eat everything, cannibalism
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| Vandalismo come Wanna Marchi, Wannalismo
| Vandalism as Wanna Marchi, Wannalism
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| Si porta via le foglie, l’acqua e il resto dello staff
| He takes away the leaves, the water and the rest of the staff
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| Facendo saltare i ponti e gli innocenti, come la mafia
| By blowing up bridges and innocent people, like the mafia
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| Voliamo tutti, volenti o nolenti
| We all fly, like it or not
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| E ci pisciamo sopra i piedi involontariamente
| And we piss on our feet involuntarily
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| Pollini virali veicolati in spirali
| Viral pollens carried in spirals
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| E Cristo si ferma ad Eboli, perché teme l’ebola
| And Christ stops at Eboli, because he fears Ebola
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| E lei teme di andarsene e mi stampa il sale sulla lingua
| And she is afraid of leaving and presses salt on my tongue
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| E fa per piangere, ma temo sia il vento, o che finga
| And she starts to cry, but I'm afraid it's the wind, or she's pretending
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| La spiaggia va a finire nella mia granita di sangria
| The beach ends up in my sangria granita
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| E mi insabbia il corpo, come la polizia
| And they cover up my body, like the police
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| Ma io mi sento al centro del mondo come se le stelle
| But I feel in the center of the world as if the stars
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| Fossero occhi di altri sulla mia pelle
| They were other people's eyes on my skin
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| Qui dove ogni opposto convive
| Here where every opposite coexists
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| Fischia tra i pilastri le tue melodie
| Whistle your melodies between the pillars
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| Sto in piedi sull’orlo del cratere
| I am standing on the edge of the crater
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| I capelli sembrano bandiere
| The hair looks like flags
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| Sciolte al Sole o appese fiere su di un’asta
| Melted in the sun or hung on a pole
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| Qua stanno dritte come la coda di un Amstaff
| Here they stand straight like an Amstaff's tail
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| Il tempo passa
| Time passes
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| Mellifluo come in una vasca di melassa
| Mellifluous as in a tub of molasses
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| La mia musa è grassa, nera e vestita con un kaftan
| My muse is fat, black and dressed in a kaftan
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| L’animale sale da lei sulle zampe
| The animal climbs from her on its paws
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| Salivando perché il fare è ipnotizzante
| Salivating because doing is mesmerizing
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| Questa pozza appare come un mare grande
| This pool looks like a big sea
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| Quando spira l’aria arriva da Levante
| When the air blows it comes from the Levant
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| E quante stelle si ammazzano per un grazie?
| And how many stars are killed for a thank you?
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| Tante, si ammassano insieme come in un cluster
| Many, they are piled together as in a cluster
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| Al che cavalco Pegaso tra le galassie
| At which I ride Pegasus among the galaxies
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| Adesso che le mascelle hanno levato tutte le ganasce
| Now that the jaws have removed all the jaws
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| Che allo stupore non c'è fine
| That there is no end to amazement
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| Un campo di cardi e noi stesi sulle traversine
| A field of thistles and us lying on the sleepers
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| Sulle traversie delle mie trenta e più candeline
| On the troubles of my thirty and more candles
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| Tu soffi ed il fuoco sembra raggiungere le cime
| You blow and the fire seems to reach the tops
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| Non lo spegnere
| Don't turn it off
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