Guccini Francesco
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Song of the Portuguese Girl
Song of the Portuguese Girl (Francesco Guccini)
And then and then, people come here and tell you
They already know every law of things
And everyone, you know, boasts a blind pride
of truths made of empty formulas
And everyone, you know, can tell you how to do it,
Which laws to respect , which rules to observe,
What is the true truth,
And then, and then, all closed in many cells,
They make those who speak louder
Not to say that stars and death are scary.
In the heat of the sun, the Portuguese little girl went down to the sea
There were no words, only noises like suspended voices.
The sea alone, and its first amaranth bikini,
The most beautiful things and the joy of the heat on the skin.
The friends nearby seemed submerged by the voice of the sea;
Either dreams or visions something took hold of her and she began to think ;
He felt that it was a point at the edge of a continent,
He felt that it was nothing, the immense Atlantic in front.
And in this he felt something great
That she couldn't understand, that she couldn't intuit;
What he would have explained, if he had understood her, and the infinite ocean;
But the heat enveloped her, she felt herself fading and she went to sleep .
And it was only of the sun, as of future hands.
Only the sea and an amaranth bikini remained.
And then and then, if you find yourself remembering,
You will realize that you don't care.
And you will understand that an evening or a season
They are like flashes, lights on and then turned off.
And you will understand that the real ambiguity
It is the life we u200bu200blive, the something we call being men,
And then, and then, that vice that will kill us
It won't be smoking or drinking, but the something you carry inside you,
That is, living.

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