Paroles et traduction Francesco De Gregori - La casa di Hilde

La casa di Hilde

L'ombra di mio padre due volte la mia
Lui camminava ed io correvo
Sopra il sentiero di aghi di pino
La montagna era verde
Oltre quel monte il confine
Oltre il confine chissà
Oltre quel monte la casa di Hilde

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Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

Io mi ricordo che avevo paura
Quando bussammo alla porta
Ma lei sorrise e ci disse di entrare
Era vestita di chiaro
E ci mettemmo seduti
Ad ascoltare il tramonto
Hilde nel buio suonava la cetra

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Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

E nella notte mio padre dormiva
Ma io guardavo la luna
Dalla finestra potevo toccarla
Non era più alta di me
E il cielo sembrava più grande
Ed io mi sentivo già uomo
Quando la neve scese a coprire la casa di Hilde

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Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

Il doganiere aveva un fucile
Quando ci venne a svegliare
Disse a mio padre di alzare le mani
E gli frugò nelle tasche
Ma non trovò proprio niente
Solo una foto ricordo
Hilde nel buio suonava la cetra

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Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

Il doganiere ci strinse la mano
E se ne andò desolato
E allora Hilde aprì la sua cetra
E tirò fuori i diamanti
E insieme bevemmo del vino
Ma io solo mezzo bicchiere
Quando fu l'alba lasciammo la casa di Hilde

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Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

Oltre il confine, con molto dolore
Non trovai fiori diversi
Ma sulla strada incontrammo una capra
Che era curiosa di noi
Mio padre le andò più vicino
E lei si lasciò catturare
Così la legammo a una corda e venne con noi

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Hilde's House

My father's shadow was twice my size
He walked and I ran
Over the path of pine needles
The mountain was green
Beyond that mountain the border
Beyond the border who knows
Beyond that mountain Hilde's house

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Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

I remember I was afraid
When we knocked at the door
But she smiled and told us to come in
She was dressed in light colors
And we sat down
To listen to the sunset
Hilde in the dark played the zither

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Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

And in the night my father slept
But I watched the moon
From the window I could touch it
It was no taller than me
And the sky seemed larger
And I already felt like a man
When the snow came to cover Hilde's house

Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

The customs officer had a gun
When he came to wake us up
He told my father to raise his hands
And searched his pockets
But he found nothing at all
Just a souvenir photo
Hilde in the dark played the zither

Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

The customs officer shook our hands
And went away desolate
And then Hilde opened her zither
And pulled out the diamonds
And together we drank some wine
But I only half a glass
When dawn came we left Hilde's house

Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

Beyond the border, with much pain
I found no different flowers
But on the road we met a goat
That was curious about us
My father went closer to it
And it let itself be captured
So we tied it to a rope and it came with us

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Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm