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Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo
1/14/20252 min leggere
On January the 11th it was the 26th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest Italian songwriters and poets of the 20th century, Fabrizio de Andre'. His songs are close to the heart of many Italians and an embedded part of our most treasured heritage. I still remember that day when the news came as a shock to me as to many of us. I could not stop the tears over that loss of an artist who gave so much to everyone with his songs.
Fabrizio De Andre' wrote songs about the humanity and the beauty that lies in most vulnerable, the ones different and forgotten, showing that there is no perfection in any of us but we are all deserving of compassion.
The Album was inspired by Lee Master "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters and the songs are based on some of its poems.
My favorite is "Un malato di cuore", based on the poem "Francis Turner", who deals with a "diseased" heart for all is life and he dies of an heart attack at his very first kiss.
The song recalls his life and that moment with such tenderness, where the the joy of kissing for the first time is so powerful to be worth dying for it.
"E il cuore impazzì e ora no, non ricordo
Da quale orizzonte sfumasse la luce
E fra lo spettacolo dolce dell'erba
Fra lunghe carezze finite sul volto
Quelle sue cosce color madreperla
Rimasero forse un fiore non colto
Ma che la baciai questo sì lo ricordo
Col cuore ormai sulle labbra
Ma che la baciai, per Dio, sì lo ricordo
E il mio cuore le restò sulle labbra"
Translation
And the heart got crazy and now I don't remember,
from where the light was fading
And in the sweet grass
stroking her long time on the face
those tights of mother pearl color
remained a flower not collected
But I remember kissing her, oh yes that I remember
with my heart on the lips,
But I remember kissing her, oh God, that I remember
and my heart stayed on her lips"
