Lyrics of Prologo/Samarcanda - Roberto Vecchioni

Prologo/Samarcanda (original)

Ridere, ridere, ridere ancora,
Ora la guerra paura non fa,
brucian le divise dentro il fuoco la sera,
brucia nella gola vino a sazietà,
musica di tamburelli fino all’aurora,
il soldato che tutta la notte ballò
vide fra la folla quella nera signora,
vide che cercava lui e si spaventò.
Salvami, salvami, grande sovrano,
fammi fuggire, fuggire di qua,
alla parata lei mi stava vicino,
e mi guardava con malignità
Dategli, dategli un animale,
figlio del lampo, degno di un re,
presto, più presto perché possa scappare,
dategli la bestia più veloce che c'è
Corri cavallo, corri ti prego
fino a Samarcanda io ti guiderò,
non ti fermare, vola ti prego
corri come il vento che mi salverò
oh oh cavallo, oh, oh cavallo, oh oh cavallo,
oh oh, cavallo, oh oh
Fiumi poi campi, poi l’alba era viola,
bianche le torri che infine toccò,
ma c’era tra la folla quella nera signora
stanco di fuggire la sua testa chinò:
Eri tra la gente nella capitale,
so che mi guardavi con malignità,
son scappato in mezzo ai grillie alle cicale,
son scappato via ma ti ritrovo qua!
Sbagli, t’inganni, ti sbagli soldato
io non ti guardavo con malignità,
era solamente uno sguardo stupito,
cosa ci facevi l’altro ieri là?
T’aspettavo qui per oggi a Samarcanda
eri lontanissimo due giorni fa,
ho temuto che per ascoltar la banda
non facessi in tempo ad arrivare qua.
Non è poi così lontana Samarcanda,
corri cavallo, corri di là…
ho cantato insieme a te tutta la notte
corri come il vento che ci arriverà
oh oh cavallo, oh, oh cavallo, oh oh cavallo,
oh oh cavallo oh oh

(translation)

Laugh, laugh, laugh again,
Now war is not scary,
uniforms burn in the fire in the evening,
the wine burns in the throat,
tambourine music until dawn,
the soldier who danced all night
he saw that black lady in the crowd,
she saw that she was looking for him and was frightened.
Save me, save me, great ruler,
let me run away, run away from here,
at the parade she was close to me,
and she looked at me with malice
Give him, give him an animal,
son of lightning, worthy of a king,
quick, quick for him to escape,
give him the fastest beast there is
Run horse, run please
I will guide you to Samarkand,
don't stop, please fly
run like the wind that will save me
oh oh horse, oh, oh horse, oh oh horse,
oh oh, horse, oh oh
Rivers then fields, then the dawn was purple,
white the towers it finally touched,
but there was that black lady in the crowd
tired of running away her head she bent down:
You were among the people in the capital,
I know you looked at me with malice,
I ran away among the grillie and cicadas,
I ran away but I find you here!
You're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong soldier
I did not look at you with malice,
it was just an astonished look,
what were you doing there the day before yesterday?
I was expecting you here for today in Samarkand
you were very far away two days ago,
I feared that to listen to the band
I didn't have time to get here.
Samarkand is not that far away,
run horse, run over there ...
I sang with you all night
run like the wind that will reach us
oh oh horse, oh, oh horse, oh oh horse,
oh oh horse oh oh