Paroles et traduction Roberto Vecchioni - La leggenda di olaf (live)

La leggenda di olaf (live)

Fu allora che madonna gli disse:" Hai gli occhi belli
Vorrei che accarezzassi stanotte i miei capelli"
Fu allora che rispose: "Grazie madonna no!
Io sono un cavaliere e il re non tradirò"
E a lei non valse a niente comprare la memoria
Di sentinelle e servi, mandati a far baldoria
E a lui negli occhi grigi l'amore ritornò
L'attesa di una vita, per dover dire "no"
"Che fai sotto le stelle? chi vuoi dimenticare?"
Socchiuse gli occhi e volle andarsene, sparire
Sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò
Poi, come tutti, si risvegliò
Sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò
Poi, come tutti, si risvegliò
Tornò di lì a tre giorni, il re dalla gran caccia
E lei gli corse incontro, graffiandosi la faccia
L'ira le fece dire: "Puniscilo perché
Ha mancato di rispetto alla moglie del re"
E a lui non valse a niente il sangue sui castelli
Rocroi, la spada e il sole sul viso nei duelli
Quando sentì di dire di dover dire "sì"
Con un cavallo e l'acqua fu cacciato di lì
"Che fai sotto le stelle? chi vuoi dimenticare?"
Socchiuse gli occhi e volle andarsene, sparire
Sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò
Poi, come tutti, si risvegliò
Sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò
Poi, come tutti, si risvegliò
Capì d'aver ucciso per essere qualcuno
Capì d'aver amato il giorno di nessuno
La strada all'improvviso, la strada si accorciò
E sotto un sicomoro la gola s'impiccò
Sentì tagliar la corda e gli tesero una mano
Ma dentro c'era l'oro, l'oro del suo sovrano
"Il re ti paga e chiede di non parlare mai
Monta a cavallo e fila, più lontano che vai"
"Che fai sotto le stelle? chi vuoi dimenticare?"
Socchiuse gli occhi e volle andarsene, sparire
Sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò
Ma quella volta non si svegliò
Sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò
Ma quella volta non si svegliò
Sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò
Ma quella volta non si svegliò
Sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò, sognò
Ma quella volta non si svegliò

Olaf's Legend (live)

It was then that my lady said to him: "You have beautiful eyes
I wish you would caress my hair tonight"
It was then that he replied: "Thank you, my lady, no!
I am a knight and I will not betray the king"
And it was of no use to her to buy the memory
Of sentries and servants, sent to make merry
And in his gray eyes, love returned
The waiting of a lifetime, to have to say "no"
"What are you doing under the stars? Who do you want to forget?"
He squinted and wanted to leave, disappear
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
Then, like everyone else, he woke up
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
Then, like everyone else, he woke up
Three days later, the king returned from the great hunt
And she ran to meet him, scratching her face
Anger made her say: "Punish him because
He disrespected the king's wife"
And it was of no use to him that his blood was on the castles
Rocroi, the sword and the sun on his face in duels
When he felt like he had to say "yes"
He was driven out of there with a horse and water
"What are you doing under the stars? Who do you want to forget?"
He squinted and wanted to leave, disappear
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
Then, like everyone else, he woke up
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
Then, like everyone else, he woke up
He realized he had killed to be someone
He realized he had loved the day of nobody
The road suddenly shortened, and under
A sycamore tree he hanged himself
He felt the rope cut and a hand reached out to him
But inside was the gold, the gold of his sovereign
"The king pays you and asks you never to speak
Get on your horse and run, as far away as you go"
"What are you doing under the stars? Who do you want to forget?"
He squinted and wanted to leave, disappear
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
But that time he didn't wake up
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
But that time he didn't wake up
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
But that time he didn't wake up
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
But that time he didn't wake up