Paroles et traduction Roberto Vecchioni - La Leggenda di Olaf

La Leggenda di Olaf

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 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
Lui non portò 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, gli tesero una mano
Ma dentro c'era l'oro, l'oro del suo sovrano
"Il re ti paga e chiede di non parlare ma
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

The Legend of Olaf

That is when the princess said to him: "Your eyes are so beautiful
I long for you to caress my hair tonight"
He answered: "Thank you, princess, but no!
For I am a knight and I will not betray the king"
And she was unable, with all her wealth, to buy the favors of
The guards and servants that she sent to distract him
But in his gray eyes, her love was once again awakened
He spent a lifetime waiting for that moment to say no
"What are you doing out under the stars? Who do you seek to forget?"
He closed his eyes and wanted to 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 hunting
And she ran to meet him, scratching her own face
Her anger led her to say: "Punish him, because
He did not show respect to the king's wife"
And it mattered not to him all the blood he had shed on the battlefield
Rocroi, the sword and the sun shining above him in duels
When he felt he must say yes
He was banished from there with a horse and water
"What are you doing out under the stars? Who do you seek to forget?"
He closed his eyes and wanted to 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 committed murder to become someone
That he had found love on a day when no one cared
Suddenly, the road before him seemed shorter
And beneath a sycamore, he hanged himself
He felt the rope cut through his skin, and a hand reached out to him
But it bore the golden coins of his sovereign
"The king pays you and demands your silence, but
Get on your horse and flee, for he is hunting you"
"What are you doing out under the stars? Who do you seek to forget?"
He closed his eyes and wanted to disappear
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
But this time he did not wake up
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
But this time he did not wake up
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
But this time he did not wake up
He dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed, he dreamed
But this time