Francesco De Gregori
Finestre di dolore lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1974
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:02
La luce della luna ci trovò sopra un tetto
The light of the moon found us on a rooftop
E Pietro non parlava
And Pietro wasn’t speaking
E niente che rompeva la noia dell'attesa
And nothing broke the boredom of waiting
Solo il suono della pioggia che cadeva
Only the sound of the rain that was falling
E lui, con la mano alla bottiglia
And he, with his hand on the bottle
Faceva i suoi discorsi da pazzo
Was making his crazy speeches
E un gallo si mise a suonare la sveglia
And a rooster began to sound the alarm
Per quanto la notte fosse ancora ubriaca
As drunk as the night still was
E Giuda fosse ancora un ragazzo
And Judas was still a boy
E credo che fu in quel preciso momento
And I believe it was in that very moment
Che venne da molto lontano un ricordo
A memory came from very far away
Qualcosa di simile a un pianto di madri
Something like a mother's weeping
E due angeli vestiti di bianco
And two angels dressed in white
Scesero con aria stupita e il vuoto nel cuore
Descended with astonished looks and emptiness in their hearts
E aprimmo al pianto le finestre del dolore
And we opened the windows of pain to the weeping
Seduti nella stanza con la bocca socchiusa
Sitting in the room with our mouths half-open
Aggrappati alle nostre sigarette
Clinging to our cigarettes
Aspettavamo l'alba senza troppo interesse
We awaited the dawn with little interest
Soltanto per avere una scusa
Just to have an excuse
E Anna, perduta sul divano
And Anna, lost on the sofa
Sembrava un bambino sconfitto
He looked like a defeated child
E la sua amica giovane le dava la mano
And his young friend took his hand
Ma Anna era troppo occupata
But Anna was too busy
A contare ricordi sul soffitto
Counting memories on the ceiling
E credo che fu in quel preciso momento
And I believe it was at that very moment
Che venne da molto lontano un ricordo
That a memory came from far away
Qualcosa di simile a un pianto di madri
Something like a mother's cry
E due angeli vestiti di bianco
And two angels dressed in white
Scesero con aria stupita e il vuoto nel cuore
Descended with astonished faces and emptiness in their hearts
E aprimmo al pianto le finestre del dolore
And we opened the windows of sorrow to the weeping
In fondo alla pianura una linea più buia
At the bottom of the plain, a darker line
L'esercito degli uomini diversi
The army of different men
Con gli occhi e la bocca pieni di sonno
With eyes and mouths full of sleep
Aspettava in una buca di due metri
Was waiting in a two-meter hole
E noi, dall'altra parte del concetto
And we, on the other side of the concept
Con l'anima in fondo alle gavette
With our souls deep in the cups
Cacciavamo i pensieri come mosche mortali
We chased thoughts like deadly flies
E il nostro cervello era bianco
And our brain was white
L'attacco era fissato per le sette
The attack was set for seven
E credo che fu in quel preciso momento
And I believe it was at that very moment
Che venne da molto lontano un ricordo
That came from far away, a memory
Qualcosa di simile a un pianto di madri
Something like a mother's cry
E due angeli vestiti di bianco
And two angels dressed in white
Scesero con aria stupita e il vuoto nel cuore
Descended with a look of wonder and emptiness in their hearts
E aprimmo al pianto le finestre del dolore
And we opened the windows of sorrow to the weeping
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Key vocabulary
- luce
- lightA1
- luna
- moonB1
- trovò
- found
- sopra
- aboveA1
- tetto
- roofB2
- pietro
- Peter
- parlava
- spoke
- niente
- nothingA1
- rompeva
- broke
- noia
- boredom
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About this song
Francesco De Gregori is an Italian singer-songwriter and OMRI recipient associated with Italian cantautor music. He is known for writing lyrics that are often described as elegant and for his preference to be credited simply as an artist.