Paroles et traduction Pierre Gambini - Altru mondu

Altru mondu

Aghju fattu u mo viaghu,
Più vicinu di mè stessu,
Più luntanu di cio ch'aghju.
E tuttu paria chjaru,
Ancu u tempu ch'aghju messu,
Per pudè tuccà u raru.
O ma di punta à lu biotu,
Ci vogliu stà una stonda,
Po lampà mi, calmu pianu,
E sente una campanella,
Ch'elli sunghinu li preti,
Ch'elli sunghinu mani sera.
Aghju vistu in stu latu,
E mo colpe in sangue,
Un c'era bè, male o bellu.
Chjosu in li u mo cerbellu,
Ste parulle, eiu e ti mandu,
Chi a luce siu rigalu.
Ch'aghju vistu l'altru mondu,
Ne so rivenutu chetu,
Un c'hè megliu d'altronde.

Another World

I have made my journey,
Closer than myself,
Farther than what I have.
And everything seemed clear,
Even the time I spent,
So I could touch the rare.
Oh but from the mountain top,
I wanted to stay there a while,
To bask in the warmth of the sun,
And hear a bell ringing,
As the priests sang,
As their hands rang out in the evening.
I have seen on this side,
And now with blood on my hands,
There was nothing good or evil or beautiful.
I whisper these words into my brain,
And send them to you,
May light be your gift.
For I have seen the other world,
I have returned here silently,
Nowhere is better than another.