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Smisurata preghiera

Fabrizio De André
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An English version by Teresa Atzeni
BOUNDLESS PRAYERIMMEASURABLE PRAYER
High above the shipwrecks
from the viewpoint of the towers,
bowed and distant
over the elements of disaster
from the things that happen
above the words
commemorative of nothing,
along an easy wind
of satiety, of impunity,
High over the wrecks
from the lookouts of the towers
bent and distant on the element of disaster
from the things that happen above the words
commemorative of vacuity
along an easy wind
of satiety of impunity.
on the metallic scandal
of arms in use or disuse
for guiding the column
of sadness and smoke
that leaves the infinite battles
at the falling of night,
the majority stands,
the majority stands.
Over the metal outrage
of weapons in use and disuse
to lead the column
of pain and smoke
which leaves the endless battles at nightfall
the majority stays, the majority stays.
Reciting a rosary
of petty ambitions,
of thousand-year-old fears,
of inexhaustible tricks,
cultivating calm,
the terrible variety
of their own arrogances,
the majority stands.
Reciting a rosary
of wretch ambitions
of millenary fears
of inexhaustible tricks
quiet cultivating
the horrible variety
of its own arrogances
the majority stays.
Like an illness,
like a misfortune,
like an anesthetic,
like a habit.
Like a sickness
like a bad luck
like an anaesthesia
like a habit.
For one who travels in a direction
stubborn and contrary,
with his special mark
of special desperation,
and through the vomit of the rejected,
he moves the final steps
to deliver unto death
a drop of splendor,
of humanity, of truth.
For those who travel towards a stubborn and opposite direction
with their special mark of special despair
and amid the vomit of repelled ones move their last steps
to give death a drop of brightness
of humanity, of verity.
For him who at Aqaba cured leprosy
with a faux saber
and sowed his passage
with devastating jealousies and children
with improbable names,
with singers of tango
in a vast program
of eternity.
For those who at Aqaba treated leprosy with a false sceptre
and spread their passage with devastating jealousies and children
with improbable names of tango singers
in a wide plan of eternity.
Remember, Lord,
these servants disobedient
to the laws of the herd.
Don’t forget their face
that, after so much disbanding,
it’s just right that luck helps them.
Remember, Lord, these servants disobedient
to the laws of pack
do not forget their faces
since after so much listing
it is only fair that luck help them.
Like an oversight,
like an anomaly,
like a distraction,
like a duty.
Like an oversight
like an anomaly
like an inattention
like a duty.


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