Paroles et traduction Francesco De Gregori - L'Imperfetto

L'Imperfetto

Era
Pioveva
C'era qualcosa che non si vedeva
Respirava qualcosa respirava
Nella stanza della sposa si nascondeva
Eppure si muoveva

Ancora dimmelo ancora
Che tutto ritornava così com'era
Come bruciava che si disperdeva
E come tornava
Ogni volta che partiva

Piangeva
E si stancava
Come sabbia nel tempo si trasformava
E però esisteva
E si incarnava
E a volte ero sicuro che nasceva
E che ricominciava

Che saliva
E scendeva
Chiamava e si rispondeva
Meravigliava
E produceva
Ed espelleva suoni
Suoni che rubava

Era pioveva
Ma così piano che nessuno se la prendeva
Così per poco
Che poco ci mancava
Mentre guardava un telefono che suonava
E che non la smetteva

Non parlava
Però sapeva tutto quello che gli bastava
Quello che credeva
Quello che non vedeva
Così preciso ed imperfetto
Che nessuno lo incastrava
Se non voleva ringraziava
Con un inchino da domatore le salutava
E poi chiedeva
E chiedeva o prendeva
E come un messicano si allontanava

The Imperfect

It was
It was raining
There was something that couldn't be seen
Something was breathing, breathing
In the bride's room, it was hiding
And yet it was moving

Tell me again, tell me again
That everything would come back the way it was
How it burned, how it dispersed
And how it would come back
Every time it left

It cried
And it grew tired
Like sand in time, it transformed
And yet it existed
And it became incarnate
And sometimes I was sure that it was born
And that it would start all over again

That it rose
And fell
Called out and answered itself
Astonished
And produced
And expelled sounds
Sounds that it stole

It was raining
But so softly that no one minded
So briefly
That we almost missed it
As we watched a telephone that rang
And that didn't stop ringing

It didn't speak
But it knew everything that it needed to know
What it believed
What it didn't see
So precise and imperfect
That nobody could trap it
If it didn't want to, it would thank
With a tamer's bow, it would greet them
And then would ask
And ask or take
And like a Mexican, it would walk away