Paroles et traduction Franco Battiato - Testamento

Testamento

Lascio agli eredi l′imparzialità
La volontà di crescere e capire
Uno sguardo feroce e indulgente
Per non offendere inutilmente
Lascio i miei esercizi sulla respirazione
Cristo nei Vangeli parla di reincarnazione
Lascio agli amici gli anni felici
Delle più audaci riflessioni
La libertà reciproca di non avere legami
E mi piaceva tutto della mia vita mortale
Anche l'odore che davano gli asparagi all′urina
We never died
We were never born
We never died
We were never born
Il tempo perduto, chissà perché
Non si fa mai riprendere
I linguaggi urbani si intrecciano
E si confondono nel quotidiano
Fatti non foste per viver come bruti
Ma per seguire virtude e conoscenza
L'idea del visibile alletta, la mia speranza aspetta
Appese a rami spogli, gocce di pioggia si staccano con lentezza
Mentre una gazza, in cima ad un cipresso, guarda
Peccato che io non sappia volare
Ma le oscure cadute nel buio
Mi hanno insegnato a risalire
E mi piaceva tutto della mia vita mortale
Noi non siamo mai morti
E non siamo mai nati
We never died
We were never born
We never died
We were never born

Testament

I leave to my heirs the fairness
The will to grow and understand
A fierce and indulgent gaze
So as not to offend needlessly
I leave my breathing exercises
Christ speaks of reincarnation in the Gospels
I leave to my friends the happy years
Of our boldest reflections
The mutual freedom not to have ties
And I loved everything about my mortal life
Even the smell that asparagus gave to urine
We never died
We were never born
We never died
We were never born
Lost time, who knows why
Can never be recovered
Urban languages intertwine
And mingle in the everyday
You were not made to live like brutes
But to follow virtue and knowledge
The idea of the visible attracts, my hope awaits
Hanging from bare branches, raindrops detach themselves slowly
While a magpie, atop a cypress tree, watches
Pity I cannot fly
But the dark falls into the darkness
Have taught me to climb again
And I loved everything about my mortal life
We have never died
And we have never been born
We never died
We were never born
We never died
We were never born