Angelo Branduardi — La canzone di Aengus song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "La canzone di Aengus" by Angelo Branduardi.

Lyrics

Fu cos che al bosco andai
Ch un fuoco in capo mi sentivo
Un ramo di nocciolo io tagliai
Ed una bacca appesi al filo
Bianche falene vennero volando
E poi le stelle luccicando
La bacca nella corrente lanciai
E pescai una piccola trota d’argento
Quando a terra l’ebbi posata
Per ravvivare il fuoco assopito
Qualcosa si mosse all’improvviso
E col mio nome mi chiam
Una fanciulla era divenuta
Fiori di melo nei capelli
Per nome mi chiam e svan
Nello splendore dell’aria
Sono invecchiato vagabondando
Per vallate e per colline
Ma sapr alla fine dove e`andata
La bacer e la prender per mano
Cammineremo tra l’erba variegata
Sino alla fine dei tempi coglieremo
Le mele d’argento della luna
Le mele d’oro del sole

Lyrics translation

It was so that I went to the woods
Ch a fire in the head I felt
A branch of stone I cut
And a berry hanging on the wire
White moths came flying
And then the stars shining
The Berry in the current I threw
And I caught a little silver Trout
When I laid it on the ground
To revive the sleepy fire
Something suddenly moved
And by my name I call myself
A maiden had become
Apple blossom in hair
By name I call and svan
In the splendor of the air
I've grown old wandering around
For valleys and hills
But I'll finally know where she went.
The kiss and the Take by the hand
We will walk among the variegated grass
Until the end of time we will seize
The Silver Apples of the moon
The Golden Apples of the sun